Etymology: PROPANE + -IC
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noun
a liquid fatty acid found in milk and sweat and in fuel distillates
• Syn: ↑propionic acid
• Hypernyms: ↑carboxylic acid
• Substance Holonyms:
↑fenoprofen, ↑fenoprofen calcium, ↑Nalfon, ↑flurbiprofen, ↑Ansaid, ↑ibuprofen, ↑isobutylphenyl propionic acid, ↑Advil, ↑Motrin, ↑Nuprin, ↑ketoprofen, ↑Orudis, ↑Orudis KT, ↑Oruvail, ↑naproxen, ↑Naprosyn, ↑naproxen sodium, ↑Aleve, ↑Anaprox, ↑Aflaxen, ↑oxaprozin, ↑Daypro
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\\|prōpə|nōik-\ nounEtymology: propanoic International Scientific Vocabulary propane + -oic
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/proh"peuh noh"ik, proh'-/, Chem.
See propionic acid.
[PROPANE + -O- + -IC]
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propanōˈic acid same as ↑propionic acid
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Main Entry: ↑propane
Useful english dictionary. 2012.