In chemistry, a radical or group that remains when a hydrogen atom is removed from a base compound.
Derived from 'base' (from Greek 'basis') plus the chemical suffix '-yl,' which denotes a radical or atomic group in chemical nomenclature.
Chemical radicals like 'basyl' are the invisible building blocks that allow chemists to predict how molecules will react—they're like the personality traits of atoms that determine their behavior in reactions.
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