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glycolic |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Glycolic \Gly*col"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to or derived from glycol; as glycolic ether; glycolic acid. {Glycolic acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, found naturally in unripe grapes and in the leaves of the wild grape ({Ampelopsis quinquefolia}), and produced artificially in many ways, as by the oxidation of glycol, -- whence its name It is a sirupy, or white crystalline, substance, {HO.CH2.CO2H}, has the properties both of an alcohol and an acid, and is a type of the hydroxy acids; -- called also {hydroxyacetic acid}.
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