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monochloroacetic acid

[ mon-uh-klawr-oh-uh-see-tik, -uh-set-ik, -klohr-, mon- ]

noun

, Chemistry.


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Origin of monochloroacetic acid1

First recorded in 1850–55; mono- + chloroacetic acid

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