polyhydric

polyhydric

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús
Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.
English poly-
English hydric
English polyhydric

    From poly- + hydric.

    Adjective

    polyhydric (not comparable)

    1. (chemistry) containing two or more hydroxy groups

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