glyoxylate

English

Etymology 1

From glyoxylic acid +‎ -ate (“salt or ester”).

Noun

glyoxylate (plural glyoxylates)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of glyoxylic acid.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From glyoxylic acid +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

glyoxylate (third-person singular simple present glyoxylates, present participle glyoxylating, simple past and past participle glyoxylated)

  1. (organic chemistry) To react with glyoxylic acid or a derivative.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.