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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
-yl/ʌɪl/

▶suffix Chemistry forming names of radicals: phenyl.

– origin from Gk hulē ‘wood, material’.

'-yl' also found in these Oxford entries:

acetaminophen - acetylene - acrylic - acyl - alkyl - allyl - amyl - aryl - butyl - cacodyl - carbaryl - carboxyl - clenbuterol - clomiphene - dexamethasone - ethyl - fentanyl - frusemide - methadone - methicillin - Nembutal - nitrile - pethidine - promethazine - salbutamol - trimethoprim - vinyl

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