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di′gly•col′ic ac′id
(dī′glī kol′ik, dī′-),USA pronunciation [Chem.]
- Chemistrya white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C4H6O5, used chiefly in the manufacture of resins and plasticizers.
- di-1 + glycolic 1870–75