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hydroxy |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hydroxy- \Hy*drox"y-\ (Chem.) A combining form also used adjectively, indicating hydroxyl as an ingredient. {Hydroxy acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, having (besides the hydroxyl group of the carboxyl radical) an alcoholic hydroxyl group and thus having the qualities of an alcohol in addition to its acid properties; as lactic and tartaric acids are hydroxy acids.
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