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oxyntic

oxyntic adjective: producing acid.

Adjective

oxyntic (not comparable)

  1. Producing acid.

Origin of oxyntic

Derived from Ancient Greek ὀξύνω (oxúnō, “to sharpen”)

Questions about oxyntic

What does oxyntic mean?
Oxyntic means producing acid.
What part of speech is oxyntic?
Oxyntic is an adjective.

Words near oxyntic in the dictionary

  1. oxynoids
  2. oxynoticeratid
  3. oxynoticeratids
  4. oxynotid
  5. oxynotids
  6. oxyntic
  7. oxyntomodulin
  8. oxyntomodulins
  9. oxyology
  10. oxyopia
  11. oxyopid

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