diglycolic acid

noun

di·​glycolic acid

variants or diglycollic acid

(¦)dī+…-

: a crystalline dicarboxylic acid O(CH₂COOH)₂ regarded as the ether of glycolic acid, formed from a salt of chloroacetic acid by reaction with calcium hydroxide, and used in making plasticizers and resins

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary di- + glycolic, glycollic

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