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lactide

lactide noun: any of a class of heterocyclic compounds, formally acid anhydrides, formed by heating α-lactones.

Noun

lactide (plural lactides)

  1. Any of a class of heterocyclic compounds, formally acid anhydrides, formed by heating α-lactones
  2. The anhydride of lactic acid

Forms of lactide

plurallactides

Questions about lactide

What does lactide mean?
Lactide means any of a class of heterocyclic compounds, formally acid anhydrides, formed by heating α-lactones.
What part of speech is lactide?
Lactide is a noun.
What is the plural of lactide?
The plural of lactide is lactides.

Words near lactide in the dictionary

  1. lacticaemia
  2. lacticemia
  3. lacticin
  4. lacticinia
  5. lacticol
  6. lactide
  7. lactides
  8. lactidomycin
  9. lactiferous
  10. lactiferousness
  11. lactific

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