a suffix used in forming names of acids, esp. carboxylic acids obtained by oxidation of aldoses: gluconic acid.
[ perh. generalized from lactonic acid as trans. of G Lactonsäure; see LACTOSE, -ONE, -IC ]
a suffix used in forming names of acids, esp. carboxylic acids obtained by oxidation of aldoses: gluconic acid.
[ perh. generalized from lactonic acid as trans. of G Lactonsäure; see LACTOSE, -ONE, -IC ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012