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alkanoic

alkanoic adjective: describing any simple aliphatic carboxylic acid, especially a fatty acid.

Adjective

alkanoic (not comparable)

  1. Describing any simple aliphatic carboxylic acid, especially a fatty acid

Words formed from alkanoic

Phrases with alkanoic

Questions about alkanoic

What does alkanoic mean?
Alkanoic means describing any simple aliphatic carboxylic acid, especially a fatty acid.
What part of speech is alkanoic?
Alkanoic is an adjective.

Words near alkanoic in the dictionary

  1. alkannins
  2. alkanoate
  3. alkanoates
  4. alkanofer
  5. alkanofers
  6. alkanoic
  7. alkanoic acid
  8. alkanoic acids
  9. alkanol
  10. alkanolamine
  11. alkanolamines

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