Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun acetyl_radical

1 sense of acetyl radical

Sense 1
acetyl, acetyl group, acetyl radical, ethanoyl group, ethanoyl radical -- (the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-))
       => acyl, acyl group -- (any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group")