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hydroxybutyric acid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables
hy-drox-y-bu-tyric acid
IPA
45
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of the isomeric compounds formed from a butyric acid by substituting a hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group

Example Sentences

  • "alphahydroxybutyric acid - 2-hydroxy-butanoic acid"
  • "betahydroxybutyric acid - 3-hydroxy-butanoic acid"
  • "gammahydroxybutyric acid - 4-hydroxy-butanoic acid"
  • "2-hydroxy, 2-methylpropanoic acid"
  • "3-hydroxy, 2-methylpropanoic acid"

Etymology

From hydroxy- + butyric acid.

Inflected Forms

hydroxybutyric acids (plural)

Synonyms

oxybutyric acid

Questions

What does hydroxybutyric acid mean?
Either of the isomeric compounds formed from a butyric acid by substituting a hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group
Where does hydroxybutyric acid come from?
From hydroxy- + butyric acid.

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