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haloacetic

haloacetic adjective: describing a halo- derivative of an acetic group.

Adjective

haloacetic (not comparable)

  1. Describing a halo- derivative of an acetic group

Words formed from haloacetic

Phrases with haloacetic

Questions about haloacetic

What does haloacetic mean?
Haloacetic means describing a halo- derivative of an acetic group.
What part of speech is haloacetic?
Haloacetic is an adjective.

Words near haloacetic in the dictionary

  1. haloacenes
  2. haloacetamide
  3. haloacetamides
  4. haloacetate
  5. haloacetates
  6. haloacetic
  7. haloacetic acid
  8. haloacetic acids
  9. haloacetonitrile
  10. haloacetonitriles
  11. haloacetylene

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