Hydroxymethyl

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  hydroxymethyl \hydroxymethyl\ n.
     a methyl radical with a hydroxyl group replacing one of the
     hydrogen atoms.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  hydroxymethyl
       n : a methyl with hydroxide replacing the hydrogen atoms