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ACETYLATION

Dictionary entry overview: What does acetylation mean?

• ACETYLATION (noun)
The noun ACETYLATION has 1 sense:

1. the process of introducing an acetyl group into a compound

Familiarity information: ACETYLATION used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ACETYLATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The process of introducing an acetyl group into a compound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Context example:

the acetylation of cyclooxygenase-2 by aspirin

Hypernyms ("acetylation" is a kind of...):

acylation (the process of introducing an acyl group into a compound)

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