oxa-

combining form

variants or ox-

: containing oxygen in place of carbon or regarded as in place of carbon usually in place of the methylene group −CH₂−

10H-9-oxaanthracene

oxazacycloheptane

compare aza-, thia-

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary, from ox- entry 1 + -a-

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