Monocarboxylic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a single carboxyl or carboxylic acid group not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    containing one carboxyl group wordnet

Etymology

From mono- + carboxylic.

Related phrases

carboxylic acid

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