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 gly·col·ic acid /(ˌ)glaɪˈkɑlɪk-/

 glycolic acid 名詞
 羥乙酸,乙醇酸,羥基乙酸

 Gly·col·ic a. Chem. Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid.
 Glycolic acid Chem., an organic acid, found naturally in unripe grapes and in the leaves of the wild grape (Ampelopsis quinquefolia), and produced artificially in many ways, as by the oxidation of glycol, -- whence its name. It is a sirupy, or white crystalline, substance, HO.CH2.CO2H, has the properties both of an alcohol and an acid, and is a type of the hydroxy acids; -- called also hydroxyacetic acid.
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 glycolic acid
      n : a translucent crystalline compound found in sugar cane and
          sugar beets and unripe grapes [syn: glycollic acid, hydroxyacetic
          acid]