- containing oxygen: oxyacetylene, oxyhemoglobin
- containing the hydroxyl radical: oxytetracycline
Origin of oxy-
from oxy(gen)
prefix
- An example of oxy used as a prefix is in the word "oxymoron," which means a combination of contradictory words such as exact estimate.
- An example of oxy used as a prefix is in the word "oxygenate" which means to combine or treat with oxygen.
Oxy is defined as intense or sharp, or is defined as a compound with oxygen in it.
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oxy-
sharp, pointed, acute, or acid: oxycephaly, oxymoron, oxygen
Origin of oxy-
from Classical Greek oxys, sharp, acid from Indo-European an unverified form a?s- from base an unverified form ak- from source Classical Greek akm?, a point, Classical Latin acus, a needle, acidus, sourWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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oxy-
prefix
Oxygen, especially additional oxygen: oxyacetylene.
Origin of oxy-
From oxygenTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
Origin
From the Ancient Greek ὀξÏÏ‚ (oxus, “sharp").
Prefix
- Concerning oxygen
Origin
Reduced from oxygen
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Sentence Examples
- Forced vacation... isn't that an oxy-moron?
- Compounds containing an oxy in addition to an aldehydic or ketonic group) undergo both condensation and oxidation when treated with phenylhydrazine, forming compounds known as osozones; these are of great importance in characterizing the sugars (q.v.).
- Intermolecular transformations-migrations of substituent groups from one carbon atom to anotherare of fairly common occurrence among oxy compounds at elevated temperatures.
- Of other syntheses of true benzene derivatives, mention may be made of the formation of orcinol or [3 s]-dioxytoluene from dehydracetic acid; and the formation of esters of oxytoluic acid (5-methyl3-oxy-benzoic acid), C6 H3 CH3.
- Aminoand oxy-benzenes, aminophenols, quinones, and oxycarboxylic acids.
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