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hydroxytoluene

hydroxytoluene noun: cresol.

Noun

hydroxytoluene (plural hydroxytoluenes)

  1. cresol
    • The Food and Drug Administration earlier this year seized a common food preservative, butylated hydroxytoluene, known simply as BHT, from Life Extension Products in Dania and Hollywood, Fla., after the product had been advertised as a treatment for herpes and AIDS, an agency spokesman said. The...1987 August 30, Katherine Bishop, “Authorities Act Against AIDS 'Cures'”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2017

Forms of hydroxytoluene

pluralhydroxytoluenes

Origin of hydroxytoluene

From hydroxy- + toluene.

Words formed from hydroxytoluene

Questions about hydroxytoluene

What does hydroxytoluene mean?
Hydroxytoluene means cresol.
What part of speech is hydroxytoluene?
Hydroxytoluene is a noun.
What is the plural of hydroxytoluene?
The plural of hydroxytoluene is hydroxytoluenes.

Words near hydroxytoluene in the dictionary

  1. hydroxytestosterone
  2. hydroxytestosterones
  3. hydroxytetracaine
  4. hydroxythioxanthone
  5. hydroxythioxanthones
  6. hydroxytoluene
  7. hydroxytoluenes
  8. hydroxytoulene
  9. hydroxytoulenes
  10. hydroxytropacocaine
  11. hydroxytryptamine

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