OXA-


Meaning of OXA- in English

combining form

or ox-

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from ox- (I) + -a-

: containing oxygen in place of carbon or regarded as in place of carbon usually in place of the methylene group −CH 2 −

10 H -9- oxa anthracene

ox azacycloheptane

— compare aza- , thia-

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.