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hydroxybutyric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables
hy-drox-y-bu-tyric
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to the hydroxybutyric acids or their derivatives

Etymology

From hydroxy + butyric.

Inflected Forms

more hydroxybutyric (comparative) most hydroxybutyric (superlative)

Phrases

gamma-hydroxybutyric acid

Questions

What does hydroxybutyric mean?
Of or pertaining to the hydroxybutyric acids or their derivatives
Where does hydroxybutyric come from?
From hydroxy + butyric.

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