thioacetic acid

noun

thio·​acetic acid

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: a pungent liquid acid CH₃COSH made by heating acetic acid with phosphorus pentasulfide and used as a chemical reagent

Word History

Etymology

thioacetic International Scientific Vocabulary thi- + acetic

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Rhymes for thioacetic acid

• antacid
• placid