(of a chemical compound) containing one hydroxyl group per molecule
Also: monohydric
monohydroxy in American English
(ˌmɑnoʊhaɪˈdrɑksi)
adjective
having one hydroxyl group in the molecule
Word origin
mono- + hydroxy
monohydroxy in American English
(ˌmɑnəhaiˈdrɑksi)
adjective
Chemistry(of a molecule)
containing one hydroxyl group
Word origin
[1940–45; mono- + hydroxy]This word is first recorded in the period 1940–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Rh factor, airlift, black box, debrief, updatemono- is a combining form meaning “alone,” “single,” “one” (monogamy); specialized in some scientific terms to denote a monomolecular thickness (monolayer) and adapted in chemistry to apply to compounds containing one atom of a particularelement (monohydrate). Other words that use the affix mono- include: monobuoy, monochromatic, monopoly, monotype, monounsaturated
Examples of 'monohydroxy' in a sentence
monohydroxy
Monohydroxy (14–16), para-fluorine (13) and 2,4-dichlorine (17) derivatives exhibited better free-radical scavenging ability than the other investigated molecules.
Cristina Nastasă, Brîndușa Tiperciuc, Mihaela Duma, Daniela Benedec, Ovidiu Oniga 2015, 'New Hydrazones Bearing Thiazole Scaffold: Synthesis, Characterization, Antimicrobial,and Antioxidant Investigation', Moleculeshttp://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/20/9/17325. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)