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hydroxybutyrate

hydroxybutyrate noun: any salt or ester of hydroxybutyric acid, but especially of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.

Noun

hydroxybutyrate (plural hydroxybutyrates)

  1. any salt or ester of hydroxybutyric acid, but especially of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.

Forms of hydroxybutyrate

pluralhydroxybutyrates

Origin of hydroxybutyrate

From hydroxy + butyrate.

Words formed from hydroxybutyrate

Questions about hydroxybutyrate

What does hydroxybutyrate mean?
Hydroxybutyrate means any salt or ester of hydroxybutyric acid, but especially of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
What part of speech is hydroxybutyrate?
Hydroxybutyrate is a noun.
What is the plural of hydroxybutyrate?
The plural of hydroxybutyrate is hydroxybutyrates.

Words near hydroxybutyrate in the dictionary

  1. hydroxybenzyls
  2. hydroxybromolactone
  3. hydroxybromolactones
  4. hydroxybutanoate
  5. hydroxybutanoates
  6. hydroxybutyrate
  7. hydroxybutyrates
  8. hydroxybutyric
  9. hydroxybutyric acid
  10. hydroxybutyric acids
  11. hydroxycalciferol

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