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Lactide

Lac′tide

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Noun.
[
Lac
tic + anhydride.]
(Chem.)
A white, crystalline substance, obtained from lactic acid by distillation, and regarded as an anhydride; also, by extension, any similar substance.

Definition 2024


lactide

lactide

English

Noun

lactide (plural lactides)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of heterocyclic compounds, formally acid anhydrides, formed by heating α-lactones
  2. (organic chemistry) The anhydride of lactic acid.

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