01 a. Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid.
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Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid.(Chem.)
Phrases & compounds
Glycolic acid —
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.