butyrolactones
Meaning of butyrolactones
plural noun
a liquid compound used as a solvent and sometimes taken as a recreational drug (being metabolized in the body to produce the active substance GHB).
late 19th century: from butyric (see butyric acid) + lactone.
Information about butyrolactones
- It is a name.
- The singular form of butyrolactones is: butyrolactone.
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Hyphenation of butyrolactones
bu-ty-ro-lac-tones
- It consists of 5 syllables and 14 chars.
- butyrolactones is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
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