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hydroxyacetic acid

hydroxyacetic acid noun: glycolic acid.

Noun

hydroxyacetic acid (uncountable)

  1. Glycolic acid.

Questions about hydroxyacetic acid

What does hydroxyacetic acid mean?
Hydroxyacetic acid means glycolic acid.
What part of speech is hydroxyacetic acid?
Hydroxyacetic acid is a noun.

Words near hydroxyacetic acid in the dictionary

  1. hydroxy yohimbine
  2. hydroxy-
  3. hydroxy-yohimbine
  4. hydroxyacetamide
  5. hydroxyacetamides
  6. hydroxyacetic acid
  7. hydroxyacetone
  8. hydroxyacetophenone
  9. hydroxyacetylaminofluorene
  10. hydroxyacid
  11. hydroxyacids

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