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Hydroxy acid Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix hydro-

Hydroxy acid has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any acid that has hydroxyl groups in addition to the hydroxyl group in the acid itself

2

a carboxylic acid that also contains a hydroxy group

See Also
cutin carboxylic acid lesquerolic acid mevalonic acid hydroxy ester hydroxy mevaldic acid lactone
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
acid
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
hydroxybenzoic acid juniperic acid salicylic acid tartaric 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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