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hexol

hexol noun: any polyol (sugar alcohol) that has six hydroxy groups.

Noun

hexol (plural hexols)

  1. Any polyol (sugar alcohol) that has six hydroxy groups

Forms of hexol

pluralhexols

Words formed from hexol

Questions about hexol

What does hexol mean?
Hexol means any polyol (sugar alcohol) that has six hydroxy groups.
What part of speech is hexol?
Hexol is a noun.
What is the plural of hexol?
The plural of hexol is hexols.

Words near hexol in the dictionary

  1. hexogen
  2. hexogenesis
  3. hexoic
  4. hexokinase
  5. hexokinases
  6. hexol
  7. hexologies
  8. hexology
  9. hexols
  10. hexomino
  11. hexominoes

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