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haloacetic acids

haloacetic acids is the plural of haloacetic acid.

Meaning of haloacetic acid

Noun

haloacetic acid (countable and uncountable, plural haloacetic acids)

  1. Any carboxylic acid in which a halogen atom takes the place of a hydrogen atom in acetic acid; a common undesirable by-product of the chlorination of drinking water.

Questions about haloacetic acids

What is haloacetic acids the plural of?
Haloacetic acids is the plural of haloacetic acid.

Words near haloacetic acids in the dictionary

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

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