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ACETIC ANHYDRIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does acetic anhydride mean?
• ACETIC ANHYDRIDE (noun)
The noun ACETIC ANHYDRIDE has 1 sense:
1. a compound that is needed in order to refine opium into heroin
Familiarity information: ACETIC ANHYDRIDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A compound that is needed in order to refine opium into heroin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("acetic anhydride" is a kind of...):
anhydride (a compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water)
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