"protecting group" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "protecting groups",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "Any chemical entity that is temporarily reacted with a functional group so as to protect it from a subsequent reaction"
      ],
      "id": "en-protecting_group-en-noun-NkSo9ZGo",
      "links": [
        [
          "organic chemistry",
          "organic chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "functional group",
          "functional group"
        ],
        [
          "reaction",
          "reaction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(organic chemistry) Any chemical entity that is temporarily reacted with a functional group so as to protect it from a subsequent reaction"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "organic-chemistry",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "chemical entity that is temporarily reacted with a functional group",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Schutzgruppe"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "protecting group"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "protecting group"
}

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    {
      "form": "protecting groups",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any chemical entity that is temporarily reacted with a functional group so as to protect it from a subsequent reaction"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "organic chemistry",
          "organic chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "functional group",
          "functional group"
        ],
        [
          "reaction",
          "reaction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(organic chemistry) Any chemical entity that is temporarily reacted with a functional group so as to protect it from a subsequent reaction"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "organic-chemistry",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chemical entity that is temporarily reacted with a functional group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schutzgruppe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "protecting group"
}