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butyrolactones

butyrolactones is the plural of butyrolactone.

Meaning of butyrolactone

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

Questions about butyrolactones

What is butyrolactones the plural of?
Butyrolactones is the plural of butyrolactone.

Words near butyrolactones in the dictionary

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

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