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HYDROXYMETHYL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hydroxymethyl mean?
• HYDROXYMETHYL (noun)
The noun HYDROXYMETHYL has 1 sense:
1. a methyl with hydroxide replacing the hydrogen atoms
Familiarity information: HYDROXYMETHYL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A methyl with hydroxide replacing the hydrogen atoms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("hydroxymethyl" is a kind of...):
methyl; methyl group; methyl radical (the univalent radical CH3- derived from methane)
Context examples
The importance of amino acid degradation is demonstrated by a genetic defect in serine hydroxymethyl transferase.
(Catabolic Pathways for Alanine, Glycine, Serine, Cysteine, Tryptophan, and Threonine, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
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