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Verb: decarboxylate  `dee-kaa(r)'bók-su`leyt
  1. Lose a carboxyl group
    "the compound decarboxylated"
     
  2. Remove a carboxyl group from (a chemical compound)

Derived forms: decarboxylated, decarboxylates, decarboxylating

See also: decarboxylation

Type of: alter, change, modify

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