Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hydroxyglutaric acid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-drox-yg-lu-tar-ic acid
IPA

42

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any hydroxy derivative of glutaric acid, but especially 2-hydroxyglutaric acid which has biological activity

Inflected Forms

hydroxyglutaric acids (plural)

Derived Forms

hydroxyglutarate

Questions

What does hydroxyglutaric acid mean?: Any hydroxy derivative of glutaric acid, but especially 2-hydroxyglutaric acid which has biological activity

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