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Definition of Oxyacid
1. Noun. Any acid that contains oxygen.
Generic synonyms: Acid
Specialized synonyms: Hypophosphoric Acid, Hypophosphorous Acid, Orthophosphorous Acid, Phosphorous Acid, Polyphosphoric Acid, Periodic Acid, Orthophosphoric Acid, Phosphoric Acid, Tungstic Acid, Vanadic Acid, Vanadium Pentoxide
Definition of Oxyacid
1. n. An acid containing oxygen, as chloric acid or sulphuric acid; -- contrasted with the hydracids, which contain no oxygen, as hydrochloric acid. See Acid, and Hydroxy-.
Definition of Oxyacid
1. Noun. (chemistry) An acid containing oxygen, as opposed to a hydracid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oxyacid
1. an acid that contains oxygen [n -S]
Medical Definition of Oxyacid
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxyacid
Literary usage of Oxyacid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes on the Chemical Lectures for First-year Students in the Medical by Theodore George Wormley, John Marshall (1894)
"oxyacids of Chlorine, in which one molecule of the oxyacid radical enters into
combination with one molecule of water to form two molecules of acid. CI. ..."
2. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller, Charles Edward Groves, Herbert McLeod (1878)
"(663) Action of oxyacid Anhydrides on Ammonia.—When dry gaseous ammonia, NH3, is
presented to the anhydrides a the oxyacids, auch as sulphuric, SO3, ..."
3. Elementary Chemistry by Matthew Moncrieff Pattison Muir, Charles Slater (1887)
"215 Tne following table presents the compositions of the more important oxyacids
of the members of the nitrogen group ; to each oxyacid there generally ..."
4. Practical physiological chemistry: A Book Designed for Use in Courses in by Philip Bovier Hawk (1914)
"A fraction of the total aromatic oxyacid content of the urine is in combination
... A urine containing this oxyacid turns greenish-brown from the surface ..."
5. Practical physiological chemistry: A Book Designed for Use in Courses in by Philip Bovier Hawk (1912)
"A fraction of the total aromatic oxyacid content of the urine is in combination
... COOH, OH is another important oxyacid sometimes present in the urine. ..."
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