Usually means: Containing an oxygen-oxygen bond.
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  1. peroxy-: Merriam-Webster
  2. peroxy-: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. peroxy-, peroxy-: Collins English Dictionary
  4. peroxy, peroxy-: Wiktionary
  5. peroxy-: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. peroxy: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. peroxy, peroxy-: Dictionary.com
  8. Peroxy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. peroxy-: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. peroxy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. peroxy: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  (chemistry, in combination) The divalent radical -O-O- derived from a peroxide

Similar:
peroxyl, peroxide, hydroperoxy, peroxydation, peroxid, perioxide, peroxophosphate, peroxodiphosphate, peroxyacid, peroxyacetyl, more...

Opposite:
unperoxy, deperoxy, nonperoxy

Phrases:
peroxy acids, Peroxy acid, peroxy group, more...

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Similar:
peroxyl, peroxide, hydroperoxy, peroxydation, peroxid, perioxide, peroxophosphate, peroxodiphosphate, peroxyacid, peroxyacetyl, more...

Opposite:
unperoxy, deperoxy, nonperoxy

Phrases:
peroxy acids, Peroxy acid, peroxy group, more...



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