A compound resulting from the action of hydroxylamine, NH2OH, on a ketone or an aldehyde to yield the group =N–OH attached to the former carbonyl carbon atom.
- amide oximes SYN: amidoximes.
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ox·ime 'äk-.sēm n any of various compounds obtained chiefly by the action of hydroxylamine on aldehydes and ketones and characterized by the bivalent group C=NOH
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ox·ime (okґsēm) any of a series of compounds containing the CH(
NOH) group, formed by the action of hydroxylamine on an aldehyde or a ketone.
Medical dictionary. 2011.