Organic Chemical
carboxyl group
car·box·yl group
Definitions related to carboxyl group:
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Monovalent radical -COOH in carboxylic acids.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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The univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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