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butyrolactone

butyrolactone noun: any lactone derived from a hydroxybutyric acid.

Noun

butyrolactone (plural butyrolactones)

  1. Any lactone derived from a hydroxybutyric acid
    • Novitzky noted that Rose had recently pleaded guilty to federal charges of distributing gamma butyrolactone, or GBL, a drug sometimes sold as a steroid adjunct, to minor league players.2007 December 22, Michael S. Schmidt, “Fernandez and Rose Jr. Are Linked to Radomski”, in New York Times

Forms of butyrolactone

pluralbutyrolactones

Words formed from butyrolactone

Questions about butyrolactone

What does butyrolactone mean?
Butyrolactone means any lactone derived from a hydroxybutyric acid.
What part of speech is butyrolactone?
Butyrolactone is a noun.
What is the plural of butyrolactone?
The plural of butyrolactone is butyrolactones.

Words near butyrolactone in the dictionary

  1. butyro-
  2. butyrocholinesterase
  3. butyrogenic
  4. butyroid
  5. butyroin
  6. butyrolactone
  7. butyrolactones
  8. butyrometer
  9. butyrometers
  10. butyrometric
  11. butyrone

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