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Webster 1913 Edition

Oxy-

Ox′y-

.
(Chem.)
A prefix, also used adjectively
, designating:
(a)
A compound containing oxygen.
(b)
A compound containing the hydroxyl group, more properly designated by hydroxy-. See
Hydroxy-
.
Oxy acid
.
See
Oxyacid
(below).

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