13 letters · 28 points in Scrabble
verb lose a carboxyl group
verb remove a carboxyl group from (a chemical compound)
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English carboxylate English decarboxylate From de- + carboxylate.
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