PROPANOIC ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does propanoic acid mean? 

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

1. a liquid fatty acid found in milk and sweat and in fuel distillates

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROPANOIC ACID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A liquid fatty acid found in milk and sweat and in fuel distillates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

propanoic acid; propionic acid

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

carboxylic acid (an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups)

Holonyms ("propanoic acid" is a substance of...):

fenoprofen; fenoprofen calcium; Nalfon (a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Nalfon) used in the treatment of arthritis and other painful inflammatory disorders)

Ansaid; flurbiprofen (a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Ansaid) that is administered only orally)

Advil; ibuprofen; isobutylphenyl propionic acid; Motrin; Nuprin (a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic)

ketoprofen; Orudis; Orudis KT; Oruvail (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Orudis or Orudis KT or Oruvail))

Naprosyn; naproxen (a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Naprosyn) used in the treatment of arthritis and musculoskeletal inflammation and moderate pain)

Aflaxen; Aleve; Anaprox; naproxen sodium (a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen) that fights pain and inflammation)

Daypro; oxaprozin (a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Daypro))

 Context examples 

The sodium salt form of efaproxiral, a propanoic acid and allosteric modifier of hemoglobin, with radiosensitizing activity.

(Efaproxiral Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)