Definition of "hydroxymethyl" []

• The univalent radical HO-CH2- (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "By blocking the enzyme HMG Co-A reductase hydroxymethyl glutaric acid-CoA reductase which is responsible for transforming HMG to mevalonate."
• "When cotton sleepwear has been treated with flame retardants, this typically is done with tetrakis hydroxymethyl phosphonium THP salts, which are said to be both effective and safe from a general health stand-point."
• "One of the most common buffers used in molecular and cell biology labs is "Tris," short for a base called tris (hydroxymethyl) aminomethane."