hexahydric

[hek-suh-hahy-drik]

adjective Chemistry.

(especially of alcohols and phenols) hexahydroxy.

Origin of hexahydric

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

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Historical Examples of hexahydric

On reduction glucose appears to yield the hexahydric alcohol d-sorbite, and on oxidation d-gluconic and d-saccharic acids.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2
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