WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
hydrox′y ac′id,
- Chemistryan organic acid containing both a carboxyl and a hydroxyl group.
- Chemistryany of a class of organic acids containing a hydroxyl group and showing properties of both an alcohol and an acid.
- 1895–1900
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