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hydroxyacid

hydroxyacid is the alternative form of hydroxy acid.

Meaning of hydroxy acid

Noun

hydroxy acid (plural hydroxy acids)

  1. a carboxylic acid that also contains a hydroxy group

Forms of hydroxyacid

pluralhydroxyacids

Questions about hydroxyacid

What is hydroxyacid the alternative form of?
Hydroxyacid is the alternative form of hydroxy acid.

Words near hydroxyacid in the dictionary

  1. hydroxyacetamides
  2. hydroxyacetic acid
  3. hydroxyacetone
  4. hydroxyacetophenone
  5. hydroxyacetylaminofluorene
  6. hydroxyacid
  7. hydroxyacids
  8. hydroxyacyl
  9. hydroxyacylglutathione hydrolase
  10. hydroxyacyls
  11. hydroxyadamantane

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