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Glycolyl
Gly′co-lyl
,Noun.
[
Glycol
ic + -yl
.] (Chem.)
A divalent, compound radical,
CO.CH2
, regarded as the essential radical of glycolic acid, and a large series of related compounds. Definition 2024
glycolyl
glycolyl
English
Noun
glycolyl (plural glycolyls)
- (organic chemistry) The univalent radical HO-CH2-CO- derived from glycolic acid