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Hydroxybenzoic acid Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix hydro-

Hydroxybenzoic acid has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a crystalline derivative of benzoic acid

2

Any of three isomeric phenolic derivatives of benzoic acid.

See Also
methylparaben hydroxybenzoic acids butylparaben salicylic acid monohydroxybenzoic acid hydroxybenzoic mercaptobenzoic acid phenolic
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
hydroxy 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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