-yl
chemistry
a suffix used in the names of radicals:
ethyl.
-yl
suffix
(in chemistry) indicating a group or radical methyl, carbonyl
word origin
from greek hulē wood, matter
-yl suff.
a monovalent organic acid radical: carbonyl.
-yl
a suffix used to form the chemical names of organic compounds when they are radicals (parts of larger compounds), such as ethyl and phenyl.
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- -zoa
a combining form meaning “animals,” “organisms” of the kind specified by the initial element, used in the names of cl-sses in zoology: protozoa. -zoa suffix indicating groups of animal organisms metazoa word origin from new latin, from greek zōia, plural of zōion animal, living being
- -zoic
combining form, combining form indicating a geological era palaeozoic word origin from greek zōē life + -ic -zoic suff. relating to a specified manner of animal existence: holozoic.
- -zoon
a combining form meaning “animal,” “organism” of the kind specified by the initial element, often corresponding to zoological cl-ss names ending in -zoa, with -zoon, used to name a single member of such a cl-ss: protozoon. -zoon combining form indicating an individual animal or an independently moving ent-ty derived from an animal spermatozoon word origin […]