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metacetic

metacetic adjective: propionic.

Adjective

metacetic (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) propionic

Origin of metacetic

From meta- + acetic.

Words formed from metacetic

  • metacetic acid

Questions about metacetic

What does metacetic mean?
Metacetic means propionic.
What part of speech is metacetic?
Metacetic is an adjective.

Words near metacetic in the dictionary

  1. metacercarial
  2. metacercarias
  3. metacerebral
  4. metacestode
  5. metacestodes
  6. metacetic
  7. metacetone
  8. metacetyl
  9. metachannel
  10. metachannels
  11. metacharacter

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