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haloacid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
haloacid
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any halogen derivative of a carboxylic acid (but especially 2-chloro-carboxylic acids that are active in cell biology).

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l Proto-Hellenic *hā́ls Ancient Greek ᾰ̔́λς (hắls)der. English halo- Latin acidusbor. French acidebor. English acid English haloacid From halo- + acid.

Inflected Forms

haloacids (plural)

Questions

What does haloacid mean?
Any halogen derivative of a carboxylic acid (but especially 2-chloro-carboxylic acids that are active in cell biology).
Where does haloacid come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l Proto-Hellenic *hā́ls Ancient Greek ᾰ̔́λς (hắls)der. English halo- Latin acidusbor. French acidebor. English acid English haloacid From halo- + acid.

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