You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
CARBOXYLS
Noun
carboxyls
plural of carboxyl
Source: Wiktionary
CARBOXYL
Car*box"yl, n. Etym: [Carbon + oxygen + -yl.] (Chem.)
Definition: The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; -- called also oxatyl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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