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PERIODIC ACID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does periodic acid mean?
• PERIODIC ACID (noun)
The noun PERIODIC ACID has 1 sense:
1. any acid of iodine that contains oxygen
Familiarity information: PERIODIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any acid of iodine that contains oxygen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("periodic acid" is a kind of...):
oxyacid; oxygen acid (any acid that contains oxygen)
Context examples
A microscopy staining method that utilizes periodic acid, an oxoacid of iodine, Schiff reagent, the reaction product of fuchsine and sodium bisulfite, and Alcian blue, a water soluble copper phthalocyanine dye.
(Alcian Blue and Periodic Acid Schiff Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)
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