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lactols

lactols is the plural of lactol.

Meaning of lactol

Noun

lactol (plural lactols)

  1. any cyclic hemiacetal formed by the intramolecular addition of a hydroxy group to a carbonyl group

Questions about lactols

What is lactols the plural of?
Lactols is the plural of lactol.

Words near lactols in the dictionary

  1. lactoglycerol
  2. lactol
  3. lactolate
  4. lactolated
  5. lactolation
  6. lactols
  7. lactolysis
  8. lactomer
  9. lactometer
  10. lactometers
  11. lactometric

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