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- noun organic chemistry The
univalent radical HC≡C- derived fromacetylene
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Examples
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This two-carbon chain possesses a triple bond and is called an ethynyl group (eth'in-il), which accounts for the name of the OUR GONADS AND GROWTH 105 compound.
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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In one study, U.S. and Canadian government scientists purposely contaminated an experimental lake in Ontario with around 5 nanograms per liter of ethynyl estradiol, and studied the effects on the lake's fathead minnow population, a common species that fish like lake trout and northern pike feed on.
YubaNet.com 2010
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Exposed to ethynyl estradiol, the male minnows 'testicular development was arrested and they started making early-stage eggs instead.
YubaNet.com 2010
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Following an oral, labeled of tomarlo in rats, races of ethynyl in rhinocerebral ansiedad shots were about 10% of those in plasma.
Wii-volution 2010
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An ethynyl radical is produced in Titan's atmosphere by the photodissociation of acetylene by ultraviolet light.
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"radical" ethynyl molecule and a diacetylene molecule.
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