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"word": "cyclohexyloxycarbonyloxyethyl"
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"sense": "Might be derived from \"oxy-\". Whatever, it doesn't really matter, does it?",
"word": "deoxybenzoin"
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"sense": "Might be derived from \"oxy-\". Whatever, it doesn't really matter, does it?",
"word": "deoxycylindrospermopsin"
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"sense": "Might be derived from \"oxy-\". Whatever, it doesn't really matter, does it?",
"word": "iodochlorohydroxyquinoline"
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"sense": "Might be derived from \"oxy-\". Whatever, it doesn't really matter, does it?",
"word": "phenoxyacetone"
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"sense": "Might be derived from \"oxy-\". Whatever, it doesn't really matter, does it?",
"word": "silyloxy"
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"(chemistry) The bivalent R-O-R functional group found in ethers."
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"word": "acetyloxytheophylline"
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"word": "benzyloxy"
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"word": "cyclohexyloxycarbonyloxyethyl"
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"word": "deoxy"
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"word": "deoxybenzoin"
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"word": "deoxycylindrospermopsin"
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"word": "epoxide"
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"sense": "Might be derived from \"oxy-\". Whatever, it doesn't really matter, does it?",
"word": "hydroxy"
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"word": "iodochlorohydroxyquinoline"
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"word": "phenoxyacetone"
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