Hydroxybutyrate

noun

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Noun

1
any salt or ester of hydroxybutyric acid, but especially of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.

Etymology

From hydroxy + butyrate.

Related phrases

gamma-hydroxybutyrate gamma hydroxybutyric acid hydroxybutyric acid

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