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lactides

lactides is the plural of lactide.

Meaning of lactide

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

Questions about lactides

What is lactides the plural of?
Lactides is the plural of lactide.

Words near lactides in the dictionary

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

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