Glycolic acid Moderate

Glycolic acid has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

a translucent crystalline compound found in sugar cane and sugar beets and unripe grapes

glycolic acid glycollic acid hydroxyacetic acid

the simplest alpha-hydroxy acid, hydroxy-acetic acid, found in sugar cane and unripe grapes; used in cosmetics etc

See Also

polyglactin glycollate hydroxy thioglycolic acid glycolate polyglycolic acid glycolide acetic acid

Related Terms

polyglactin glycollate hydroxy thioglycolic acid glycolate polyglycolic acid glycolide acetic acid coglycolide sugar cane glycolamide alpha hydroxy acid grape hydroxyacetic acid glycolyl cosmetic glycolic hydantoin

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

acid

Rhyming Words

cid acid scid picid arcid alcid mucid lucid ficid lycid coccid esocid odacid marcid muscid raucid chacid viscid caecid diacid

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