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hexahydric

American  
[hek-suh-hahy-drik] / ˌhɛk səˈhaɪ drɪk /

adjective

Chemistry.

  1. (especially of alcohols and phenols) hexahydroxy.

Etymology

Origin of hexahydric

First recorded in 1880–85; hexa- + -hydric

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On reduction glucose appears to yield the hexahydric alcohol d-sorbite, and on oxidation d-gluconic and d-saccharic acids.

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