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Webster 1913 Edition

Oxybutyric

Oxˊy-bu-tyr′ic

,

Adj.

[

Oxy-

(b)

+

butyric

.]

(Chem.)

Hydroxybutyric; designating any one of a group of metameric acids (

(C3H6.OH).CO2H

).

Definition 2024

oxybutyric

oxybutyric

English

Adjective

oxybutyric ‎(not comparable)

(chemistry) hydroxybutyric