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Webster 1913 Edition


Propiolic

Proˊpi-ol′ic

,
Adj.
[
Propi
onic + tetr
olic
.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called also propargylic acid) of the acetylene or tetrolic series, analogous to propionic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance.