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oxybutyric

oxybutyric adjective: hydroxybutyric.

Adjective

oxybutyric (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) hydroxybutyric
    • beta-oxybutyric acid

Origin of oxybutyric

From oxy- + butyric.

Questions about oxybutyric

What does oxybutyric mean?
Oxybutyric means hydroxybutyric.
What part of speech is oxybutyric?
Oxybutyric is an adjective.

Words near oxybutyric in the dictionary

  1. oxybromides
  2. oxybromination
  3. oxybrominations
  4. oxybuprocaine
  5. oxybutynin
  6. oxybutyric
  7. oxycalcium
  8. oxycalcium light
  9. oxycalcium lights
  10. oxycaloric
  11. oxycamphor

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