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orthoboric

orthoboric adjective: boric (especially when compared with other oxyacid species of boron).

Adjective

orthoboric (not comparable)

  1. boric (especially when compared with other oxyacid species of boron)

Origin of orthoboric

From ortho- + boric.

Words formed from orthoboric

Questions about orthoboric

What does orthoboric mean?
Orthoboric means boric (especially when compared with other oxyacid species of boron).
What part of speech is orthoboric?
Orthoboric is an adjective.

Words near orthoboric in the dictionary

  1. orthobiologic
  2. orthobiologics
  3. orthobirotunda
  4. orthoborate
  5. orthoborates
  6. orthoboric
  7. orthoboric acid
  8. orthobothriotaxic
  9. orthobothriotaxy
  10. orthobrannerite
  11. orthobro

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