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Hydroxybutyric acid Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix hydro-

Hydroxybutyric acid has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

hydroxy derivative of butyric acid

2

Either of the isomeric compounds formed from a butyric acid by substituting a hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group

See Also
butyrolactone compound hydroxybutyric hydrogen polyhydroxybutyrate butyric acid isomeric hydroxybutyrate
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
butyric acid
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
beta-hydroxybutyric 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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