Oxy
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Oxy may refer to:
Chemistry
Other uses
Chemistry
- Oxy or oxo is a term used to describe a ketoneKetoneIn organic chemistry, a ketone is an organic compound with the structure RCR', where R and R' can be a variety of atoms and groups of atoms. It features a carbonyl group bonded to two other carbon atoms. Many ketones are known and many are of great importance in industry and in biology...
functional group - Oxy is a slang name for oxygen acetylene weldingWeldingWelding is a fabrication or sculptural process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, by causing coalescence. This is often done by melting the workpieces and adding a filler material to form a pool of molten material that cools to become a strong joint, with pressure sometimes...
- Oxy is the name of a character from the MoleculariumMoleculariumThe Molecularium is a science education project. The first major creation of Molecularium was the 2004 Riding Snowflakes, a computer-animated, chemistry-themed show about nano-scale science, formatted for hemispherical projection environments or "digital domes" such as many planetariums found in...
- Oxy is the brand name for a line of acne care products marketed worldwide by The MentholatumMentholatumThe Mentholatum Company, Inc., founded in 1889 by Albert Alexander Hyde, is a maker of non-prescription health care products. It was bought out by Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., a Japanese health care company, in 1988...
Company, and formerly owned by GlaxoSmithKline - Oxy is a slang term for the drug OxycodoneOxycodoneOxycodone is an opioid analgesic medication synthesized from opium-derived thebaine. It was developed in 1916 in Germany, as one of several new semi-synthetic opioids in an attempt to improve on the existing opioids: morphine, diacetylmorphine , and codeine.Oxycodone oral medications are generally...
, especially when obtained illegally and used for recreational purposes. Not to be confused with oxi.
Other uses
- Short for Oxyrhynchus Papyrus
- Short for "occidentalOccidentalOccidental may refer to:* Occidental, California, a town in Sonoma County, California* Occidental Mindoro, a province of the Philippines located in the MIMAROPA region in Luzon...
", as in the following:- Occidental CollegeOccidental CollegeOccidental College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1887, Occidental College, or "Oxy" as it is called by students and alumni, is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges on the West Coast...
, located in Los Angeles, California - Occidental PetroleumOccidental PetroleumOccidental Petroleum Corporation is a California-based oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in the United States, the Middle East, North Africa, and South America...
, an oil company which uses the nickname "Oxy" in its logo, originally from its stock's ticker symbol
- Occidental College