polyhydroxy

Having three or more hydroxy functional groups.

Adjective

  1. Having three or more hydroxy functional groups.

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English hydroxy English polyhydroxy From poly- + hydroxy.