HYDROXY ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydroxy acid mean? 

• HYDROXY ACID (noun)
  The noun HYDROXY ACID has 1 sense:

1. any acid that has hydroxyl groups in addition to the hydroxyl group in the acid itself

  Familiarity information: HYDROXY ACID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDROXY ACID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any acid that has hydroxyl groups in addition to the hydroxyl group in the acid itself

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("hydroxy acid" is a kind of...):

acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hydroxy acid"):

hydroxybenzoic acid (a crystalline derivative of benzoic acid)

juniperic acid (a crystalline acid found in the exudations of some conifers)

2-hydroxybenzoic acid; salicylic acid (a white crystalline substance with a bitter aftertaste; used as a fungicide or in making aspirin or dyes or perfumes)

tartaric acid (an acid found in many fruits; used in soft drinks and confectionery and baking powder)

 Context examples 

An aromatic alpha hydroxy acid used in the treatment of urinary tract infections and as an oral antibiotic.

(Mandelic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

An organic salt containing a one to one ratio of methenamine, a heterocyclic organic compound, and mandelic acid, an aromatic alpha hydroxy acid, used in the treatment of urinary tract infections.

(Methenamine Mandelate, NCI Thesaurus)

In the body lovastatin is hydrolysed to its beta-hydroxy acid active form.

(Lovastatin Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

In the body dalvastatin is hydrolyzed to its active beta-hydroxy acid form.

(Dalvastatin, NCI Thesaurus)

A calcium salt form of mandelic acid, an aromatic alpha hydroxy acid used in the treatment of urinary tract infections and as an oral antibiotic.

(Calcium Mandelate, NCI Thesaurus)