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tetracid definition

te·tracid (te tras′id)

noun

  1. a base that can react with four molecules of a monobasic acid to form a salt
  2. an alcohol having four OH groups per molecule

Etymology: tetr(a)- + acid

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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