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tetraacetic

tetraacetic adjective: designating four acetic residues.

Adjective

tetraacetic (not comparable)

  1. (in-compounds) Designating four acetic residues

Origin of tetraacetic

From tetra- + acetic.

Words formed from tetraacetic

Questions about tetraacetic

What does tetraacetic mean?
Tetraacetic means designating four acetic residues.
What part of speech is tetraacetic?
Tetraacetic is an adjective.

Words near tetraacetic in the dictionary

  1. tetra-amelia
  2. tetra-colored
  3. tetra-ethyl lead
  4. tetraacetate
  5. tetraacetates
  6. tetraacetic
  7. tetraacetic acid
  8. tetraacetyldibenzylhexaazaisowurtzitane
  9. tetraacetylethane
  10. tetraacetylethylenediamine
  11. tetraacetylethylenediamines

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