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carboxylic acids

carboxylic acids is the plural of carboxylic acid.

Meaning of carboxylic acid

Noun

carboxylic acid (plural carboxylic acids)

  1. Any of a class of organic compounds containing a carboxyl functional group.

Questions about carboxylic acids

What is carboxylic acids the plural of?
Carboxylic acids is the plural of carboxylic acid.

Words near carboxylic acids in the dictionary

  1. carboxylbenzoyl
  2. carboxylesterase
  3. carboxylesterases
  4. carboxylic
  5. carboxylic acid
  6. carboxylic acids
  7. carboxylmethylcellulose
  8. carboxylmethylcelluloses
  9. carboxylmethyltransferase
  10. carboxylmethyltransferases
  11. carboxyls

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