haloacetic acid (English, noun)
expansion: haloacetic acid (countable and uncountable, plural haloacetic acids)
Senses:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any carboxylic acid in which a halogen atom takes the place of a hydrogen atom in acetic acid; a common undesirable by-product of the chlorination of drinking water.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: haloacetic acids
tags: plural