Usually means: Foul-smelling, short-chain fatty acid.
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  1. butyric: Merriam-Webster
  2. butyric: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. butyric: Vocabulary.com
  4. Butyric, butyric: Wordnik
  5. butyric: Wiktionary
  6. butyric: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. butyric: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. butyric: Dictionary.com
  9. Butyric: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. butyric: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. butyric: Rhymezone
  12. Butyric: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. butyric: FreeDictionary.org
  14. butyric: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  15. butyric: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. butyric: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. butyric: Encyclopedia

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  1. butyric: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Butyric: MedFriendly Glossary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (butyric)

▸ adjective:  (rare) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of butter
▸ adjective:  (organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from butyric acid or any of the isomeric univalent radicals of formula C₃H₇CO₂-

Similar:
butyrous, butyraceous, butteraceous, buttered, butyrometric, gluteal, Natal, steatopygous, fatty, stearic, more...

Opposite:
non-butryic, non-fatty, non-greasy, non-oily

Types:
ester, acid, fat, oil, lipid, wax, more...

Phrases:
butyric acid, butyric acids, butyric fermentation, butyric anhydride, butyric ferment, more...

Adjectives:
free, amino, little, hydroxy, alcoholic, acetic, normal, common, methyl, iso, formic

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Similar:
butyrous, butyraceous, butteraceous, buttered, butyrometric, gluteal, Natal, steatopygous, fatty, stearic, more...

Opposite:
non-butryic, non-fatty, non-greasy, non-oily

Types:
ester, acid, fat, oil, lipid, wax, more...

Phrases:
butyric acid, butyric acids, butyric fermentation, butyric anhydride, butyric ferment, more...

Adjectives:
free, amino, little, hydroxy, alcoholic, acetic, normal, common, methyl, iso, formic



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