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glycolaldehyde

glycolaldehyde noun: the hydroxyaldehyde HO-CH₂-CHO related to ethylene glycol; the only biose.

Noun

glycolaldehyde (countable and uncountable, plural glycolaldehydes)

  1. The hydroxyaldehyde HO-CH₂-CHO related to ethylene glycol; the only biose

Forms of glycolaldehyde

pluralglycolaldehydes

Questions about glycolaldehyde

What does glycolaldehyde mean?
Glycolaldehyde means the hydroxyaldehyde HO-CH₂-CHO related to ethylene glycol; the only biose.
What part of speech is glycolaldehyde?
Glycolaldehyde is a noun.
What is the plural of glycolaldehyde?
The plural of glycolaldehyde is glycolaldehydes.

Words near glycolaldehyde in the dictionary

  1. glycoisoforms
  2. glycol
  3. glycol ether
  4. glycol nucleic acid
  5. glycol nucleic acids
  6. glycolaldehyde
  7. glycolaldehydes
  8. glycolamide
  9. glycolate
  10. glycolated
  11. glycolates

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