Oxy

Morpheme

Oxy

Type

bound base

Denotation

oxygen, gaseous chemical element

Etymology

from oxygen (<Oxy + Gen(e)>), from French oxygène; from Ancient Greek oxýs + génos

Evidence

ethoxy, hydroxy, hydroxypethidine, oxyacetylene, oxyacid, oxyanion, oxybenzene, oxybromide, oxycalcium, oxycellulose, oxychloride, oxycymene, oxydimorphine, oxyester, oxyethylene, oxyfluoride, oxyhalide, oxyhemoglobin, oxyhydrate, oxyiodide, oxyluciferin, oxymethylene, oxymyoglobin, oxyneurine, oxynitrate, oxytetracycline

See Also

Oxy

Homographs

Oxy