Medical Dictionary
tertiary alcohol
noun
Medical Definition of tertiary alcohol
: an alcohol characterized by the group ≡COH consisting of a carbon atom holding the hydroxyl group and attached by its other three valences to other carbon atoms in a chain or ring
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