Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hydroxy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hydroxy- \Hy*drox"y-\ (Chem.)
A combining form, also used adjectively, indicating hydroxyl
as an ingredient.
{Hydroxy acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, having (besides the
hydroxyl group of the carboxyl radical) an alcoholic
hydroxyl group, and thus having the qualities of an
alcohol in addition to its acid properties; as, lactic and
tartaric acids are hydroxy acids.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hydroxy
adj : being or containing a hydroxyl group
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