oxy-
prefixEtymology Reduced from oxygen which in turn is from French oxygène, from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús).
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Morpheme Concerning oxygen
- Derived terms
109 terms
carboxy-, carboxyl, epoxy, hydroxy-, hydroxyl, oxazine, oximeter, oxy, oxyacetic acid, oxyacetyl, oxyacetylene, oxyacid, oxyalcohol, oxyaldehyde, oxyamygdalic acid, oxyanion, oxyanthracene, oxy-arc, oxyaromatic acid, oxybase, oxybenzene, oxybenzoic acid, oxybenzol, oxybenzyl, oxybromide, oxybutyric acid, oxycalcium, oxycalcium light, oxycamphor, oxycannabin, oxycaproamine, oxycaproic acid, oxycellulose, oxychelidonic acid, oxychloride, oxychlorocruorin, oxychlor-, oxychloro-, oxycholic acid, oxycholine, oxy-coal-gas, oxycodone, oxy-compound, OxyContin, oxycuminamic acid, oxycuminic acid, oxycyanide, oxycymene, oxydimorphine, oxyether, oxyethylene, oxyfluoride, oxyfuel, oxygas, oxyguanine, oxygummic acid, oxyhaemocyanin, oxyhemocyanin, oxyhaemoglobin, oxyhemoglobin, oxyhalide, oxyhelium, oxy-house-gas, oxyhydrate, oxyhydric acid, oxyhydrogen, oxyiodide, oxyisouvitic acid, oxylizaric acid, oxyluciferin, oxymandelic acid, oxymesitylenic acid, oxymethyl, oxymethylene, oxymetric, oxymorphine, oxymyoglobin, oxynaphthoic acid, oxynarcotine, oxyneurine, oxynitrate, oxynitride, oxyparaffin, oxyphenic acid, oxyphenol, oxyphenyl, oxypicric acid, oxypropane, oxyproprionic acid, oxyquinoline, oxyquinone, oxysalicic acid, oxysalt, oxyspirit, oxystrychnine, oxysulfide, oxysulphide, oxytannic acid, oxyterephthalic acid, oxytetracycline, oxythymoquinone, oxytolic acid, oxytoluamic acid, oxytoluene, oxytoluic acid, oxytrichloride, oxytrimesic acid, oxyuric acid, peroxyacetyl nitrate