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Definition: COOH
Carboxyl
\Car*box"yl\ (k[aum]r*b[o^]ks"[i^]l), n. [Carbon +
oxygen + -yl.] (Chem.)
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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