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glycolide

glycolide noun: a lactone formed from two molecules of glycolic acid; any derivative of this compound.

glycolide: a lactone formed from two molecules of glycolic acid; any derivative of this compound
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Noun

glycolide (countable and uncountable, plural glycolides)

  1. A lactone formed from two molecules of glycolic acid; any derivative of this compound

Forms of glycolide

pluralglycolides

Words formed from glycolide

Questions about glycolide

What does glycolide mean?
Glycolide means a lactone formed from two molecules of glycolic acid; any derivative of this compound.
What part of speech is glycolide?
Glycolide is a noun.
What is the plural of glycolide?
The plural of glycolide is glycolides.

Words near glycolide in the dictionary

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

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