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deprotection

noun

Etymology

From de- + protection.

  1. derived from prōtēctus
  2. derived from prōtectiō — “a covering over”
  3. prefixed as deprotection — “de + protection”

Definitions

  1. The removal of a protecting group.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for deprotection. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA