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Definition of Hydroxy acid
1. Noun. Any acid that has hydroxyl groups in addition to the hydroxyl group in the acid itself.
Specialized synonyms: Hydroxybenzoic Acid, Juniperic Acid, 2-hydroxybenzoic Acid, Salicylic Acid, Tartaric Acid
Definition of Hydroxy acid
1. Noun. (chemistry) a carboxylic acid that also contains a hydroxy group ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Hydroxy acid
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydroxy Acid
Literary usage of Hydroxy acid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1912)
"... corresponding to a hydroxy acid formed along with the hydroxy acid of ...
three hydroxy acids corresponding to the three lactones a hydroxy acid called ..."
2. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Karl Schorlemmer (1892)
"When the a-hydroxy-acid is treated with phosphorus penta- chloride it yields ...
is formed when the hydroxy-acid is added to a mixture of 2 parts of fuming ..."
3. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"... -hydroxy acid Anhydrides.—When solutions of gamma- hydroxy acids are heated,
often on simply standing at ordinary temperatures, water is lost from one ..."
4. Chemistry, Inorganic and Organic: With Experiments by Charles Loudon Bloxam, John Millar Thomson (1907)
"It will be found that the hydrogen of the hydroxyl group in a hydroxy-acid can
be exchanged for a metal, just as it is in the hydroxyl group of un alcohol, ..."
5. Oxidations and Reductions in the Animal Body by Henry Drysdale Dakin (1922)
"This formation of a /S-hydroxy acid from the corresponding unsaturated acid ...
hydroxy acid and /S-ketonic acid. It seems reasonable to suppose that some ..."
6. The Plant Alkaloids by Thomas Anderson Henry (1913)
"... to be a lactonic acid furnishing by hydration of the lactone group the hydroxy-acid
... and with boiling baryta water the salt of the hydroxy-acid ..."
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