[ep.oxy] adj [epi- + oxy] (1916) 1: containing oxygen attached to two different atoms already united in some other way; specif: containing a 3-membered ring consi sting of one oxygen and two carbon atoms
2: of or relating to an epoxide
[2]epoxy vt ep.ox.ied or ep.oxyed ; ep.oxy.ing (1966): to glue with epoxy resin