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-yl

Chemistry.
a suffix used in the names of radicals: ethyl.

Origin:
< French -yle < Greek hȳ́lē matter, wood, substance
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-yl is always a great word to know.
So is atomic. Does it mean:
a solution containing the maximum amount of solute capable of being dissolved under given conditions
existing as free, uncombined atoms
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-yl
 
suffix
(in chemistry) indicating a group or radical: methyl; carbonyl
 
[from Greek hulē wood, matter]

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Medical Dictionary

-yl suff.
A monovalent organic acid radical: carbonyl.

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Science Dictionary
-yl  
A suffix used to form the chemical names of organic compounds when they are radicals (parts of larger compounds), such as ethyl and phenyl.
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