carboxide

English

Etymology

Blend of carbon +‎ oxide

Noun

carboxide (plural carboxides)

1. (organic chemistry) A compound of carbon and oxygen, such as carbonyl, with some element or radical.

   potassium carboxide

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “carboxide”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• deracoxib