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oxy-
CIDE DICTIONARY
oxy-,
A prefix, also used adjectively [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
oxy-, comb. form denoting sharpness (oxytone).
oxy-, comb. form (also ox-) Chem. oxygen (oxyacetylene).
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