ep|ox|y

ep|ox|y «ehp OK see», adjective, noun, plural -ox|ies.

–adj.

of or designating a large group of compounds containing oxygen as a bridge between two different atoms or radicals in a chain: »

epoxy compounds.

–n.

= epoxy resin. (Cf. ↑epoxy resin)

╂[< ep- + oxy(gen)]