polyalcohol

English

Etymology

From poly- +‎ alcohol.

Noun

polyalcohol (plural polyalcohols)

1. (organic chemistry) An alcohol containing many hydroxy groups (typically more than two)

Synonyms

• polyhydric alcohol

Hypernyms

• polyol

Translations

alcohol containing many hydroxy groups

• French: polyalcool (fr) m
• Italian: polialcol (it) m
• Spanish: polialcohol m