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The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; -- called also oxatyl.

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  1. n. The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; -- called also oxatyl.
  2. adj. relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical
  3. n. the univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids
  4. The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; -- called also oxatyl.
  5. The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential andcharacteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (asformic, acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; -- called alsooxatyl.
  6. n. the univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids a. relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical