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hydroxyphenylacetic

hydroxyphenylacetic adjective: any hydroxy derivative of a phenylacetic group.

Adjective

hydroxyphenylacetic (not comparable)

  1. Any hydroxy derivative of a phenylacetic group

Origin of hydroxyphenylacetic

From hydroxy- + phenylacetic.

Words formed from hydroxyphenylacetic

  • hydroxyphenylacetic acid

Questions about hydroxyphenylacetic

What does hydroxyphenylacetic mean?
Hydroxyphenylacetic means any hydroxy derivative of a phenylacetic group.
What part of speech is hydroxyphenylacetic?
Hydroxyphenylacetic is an adjective.

Words near hydroxyphenylacetic in the dictionary

  1. hydroxyphenolic
  2. hydroxyphenols
  3. hydroxyphenyl
  4. hydroxyphenylacetate
  5. hydroxyphenylacetates
  6. hydroxyphenylacetic
  7. hydroxyphenylalanine
  8. hydroxyphenylalanines
  9. hydroxyphenylpyruvate
  10. hydroxyphenylpyruvates
  11. hydroxyphenyls

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