polyhydroxy

Variant of polyhydric

polyhydric definition

poly·hy·dric (päl′i hī′drik′)

adjective

containing more than one hydroxyl group (OH) in the molecule
also polyhydroxy pol′y·hy·drox′y (-hī dräk′sē)

Etymology: poly- + hydr(oxyl) + -ic

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