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oxa-

combining form
variants: or ox-

Definition of oxa-

: 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-

History and Etymology for oxa-

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

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