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glycolic

glycolic adjective: of or pertaining to glycolic acid or its derivatives.

Adjective

glycolic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to glycolic acid or its derivatives

Origin of glycolic

From glycol + -ic.

Words formed from glycolic

Phrases with glycolic

Questions about glycolic

What does glycolic mean?
Glycolic means of or pertaining to glycolic acid or its derivatives.
What part of speech is glycolic?
Glycolic is an adjective.

Words near glycolic in the dictionary

  1. glycolate
  2. glycolated
  3. glycolates
  4. glycolating
  5. glycolether
  6. glycolic
  7. glycolic acid
  8. glycolide
  9. glycolides
  10. glycoligand
  11. glycoligands

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