Oxy- Definition

äksi, äksə, äksē
prefix
Oxygen, especially additional oxygen.
Oxyacetylene.
American Heritage

Sharp, keen, acute, pungent, acid.

Wiktionary

Concerning oxygen.

Wiktionary
affix
Containing oxygen.
Oxyacetylene, oxyhemoglobin.
Webster's New World
Containing the hydroxyl radical.
Oxytetracycline.
Webster's New World
Sharp, pointed, acute, or acid.
Oxycephaly, oxymoron, oxygen.
Webster's New World
noun

(chemistry) The bivalent R-O-R functional group found in ethers.

Wiktionary
(informal) Oxyacetalene, or the equipment used for such a system.
Wiktionary
suffix

(organic chemistry) A ether functional group, consisting of a carbon chain with an intervening oxygen atom at the attachment point.

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Origin of Oxy-

  • From the Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxus, “sharp").

    From Wiktionary

  • Reduced from oxygen

    From Wiktionary

  • From oxygen

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Oxy- Sentence Examples

  • By the condensation of ortho-aminophenols with phosgene or thiophosgene, oxy and thio-derivatives are obtained, the (OH) and (SH) groups being situated in the t t position, and these compounds on treatment with amines yield amino derivatives.

  • Intermolecular transformations-migrations of substituent groups from one carbon atom to anotherare of fairly common occurrence among oxy compounds at elevated temperatures.

  • Amino derivatives similarly result from thio-ureas and a-haloid ketones; the oxy derivatives from a-sulphocyanoketones by the action of caustic alkali; and the carboxylic acids from chloro-aceto-acetic ester, &c. and thioamides.

  • When acetylene was first introduced on a commercial scale attempts were made to utilize its great heat of combustion by using it in conjunction with oxygen in the oxy hydrogen blowpipe.

  • A significant fraction of the oxy radical also reacts via hydrogen atom abstraction from the added reagent.

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Words Starting With

OOXOXY

Words Ending With

YXYOXY

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Words Starting With O and Ending With -

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