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hydroxyethylcellulose

hydroxyethylcellulose is the alternative form of hydroxyethyl cellulose.

Meaning of hydroxyethyl cellulose

Noun

hydroxyethyl cellulose (uncountable)

  1. A water-soluble, non-ionic polymer derived from cellulose, widely used as a thickening, gelling, and stabilizing agent in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and industrial applications.

Forms of hydroxyethylcellulose

pluralhydroxyethylcelluloses

Origin of hydroxyethylcellulose

From hydroxyethyl + cellulose.

Questions about hydroxyethylcellulose

What is hydroxyethylcellulose the alternative form of?
Hydroxyethylcellulose is the alternative form of hydroxyethyl cellulose.

Words near hydroxyethylcellulose in the dictionary

  1. hydroxyethyl
  2. hydroxyethyl cellulose
  3. hydroxyethyl methacrylate
  4. hydroxyethyl methacrylates
  5. hydroxyethylation
  6. hydroxyethylcellulose
  7. hydroxyethylcelluloses
  8. hydroxyethylpromethazine
  9. hydroxyethylrutoside
  10. hydroxyethylrutosides
  11. hydroxyethyls

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hydroxyethylcellulose (page history and authors); hydroxyethyl cellulose (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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