English Explanatory Dictionary

hydroxybutyric acid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

hydroxybutyric acid hydroxybutyric acids

Etymology

From hydroxy- + butyric acid.

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