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Propionic acid Moderate

Propionic acid has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a liquid fatty acid found in milk and sweat and in fuel distillates

2

The compound with the formula CH₃CH₂COOH, a naturally occurring carboxylic acid with a pungent odor.

See Also
propionic propionylation amphopropionate propione propionate cypionic acid propionyl carboxylic acid
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
carboxylic 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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