ALDEHYDIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aldehydic mean? 

• ALDEHYDIC (adjective)
  The adjective ALDEHYDIC has 1 sense:

1. of or related to or containing aldehydes

  Familiarity information: ALDEHYDIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALDEHYDIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or related to or containing aldehydes

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

aldehyde (any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids)

 Context examples 

Biochemistry of carbohydrates, aldehydic or ketonic derivative of polyhydric alcohols, the name being derived from the fact that the most common examples of such compounds have formulas that may be written Cn(H2O)n (e.g., glucose, C6(H2O)6; sucrose, C12(H2O)11), although they are not true hydrates and the name is in that sense a misnomer.

(Glycobiology, NCI Thesaurus)