| NOUN | process | decarboxylation | the process of removing a carboxyl group from a chemical compound (usually replacing it with hydrogen) |
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| Meaning | The process of removing a carboxyl group from a chemical compound (usually replacing it with hydrogen). | |
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| Broader | chemical process, chemical change, chemical action | (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved |
| Spanish | descarboxilación | |
| Catalan | descarboxilació | |
| Verbs | decarboxylate | lose a carboxyl group |
| decarboxylate | remove a carboxyl group from (a chemical compound) | |
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