Usually means: Contains one carboxyl functional group.
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  1. monocarboxylic: Merriam-Webster
  2. monocarboxylic: Collins English Dictionary
  3. monocarboxylic: Vocabulary.com
  4. monocarboxylic: Wiktionary
  5. monocarboxylic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. monocarboxylic: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. monocarboxylic: Dictionary.com
  8. monocarboxylic: Rhymezone
  9. monocarboxylic: FreeDictionary.org
  10. monocarboxylic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. monocarboxylic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. monocarboxylic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (monocarboxylic)

▸ adjective:  (organic chemistry) Having a single carboxyl or carboxylic acid group

Similar:
monocarbonic, hydroxycarboxylic, monohydric, monoaminomonocarboxylic, hydrocarboxylic, carboxylic, polycarboxylic, tricarboxylic, dicarboxylic, oxodicarboxylic, more...

Opposite:
dicarboxylic, polycarboxylic, multivalent

Types:
aliphatic, aromatic, saturated, unsaturated, linear, branched, cyclic, more...

Phrases:
monocarboxylic acid, more...

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Similar:
monocarbonic, hydroxycarboxylic, monohydric, monoaminomonocarboxylic, hydrocarboxylic, carboxylic, polycarboxylic, tricarboxylic, dicarboxylic, oxodicarboxylic, more...

Opposite:
dicarboxylic, polycarboxylic, multivalent

Types:
aliphatic, aromatic, saturated, unsaturated, linear, branched, cyclic, more...

Phrases:
monocarboxylic acid, more...



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