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- From hydroxyl. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The next group may be called hydroxy-azo dyes, and are quite of modern introduction.”
“Before bed, Ms. Kilgore uses a face lotion that contains alpha hydroxy acids, which gently peel off dead cells.”
The Wall Street Journal: Warming Up Winter Skin for the Beach
“Testing for 17 hydroxy-progesterone is best done fasting and in the latter part of the menstrual cycle.”
“The patient is given a hormone that stimulates the adrenal gland to make more steroids, leading to more back up behind the enzyme block and a further rise in 17 hydroxy progesterone.”
“There is no way to know for sure how much you need without a blood test, called a 25-hydroxy-vitamin D.”
A long season begins -- and we don't mean football (Jack Bog's Blog)
“P&G offers an Olay Total Effects Touch of Sun Moisturizer with anti-aging ingredients like beta hydroxy.”
The Wall Street Journal: A Sunless Suntan That Takes On Wrinkles, Too
“The correct blood test is 25OH vit D or 25 hydroxy vitamin D test.”
The Huffington Post: Vitamin D Health: Why You Shouldn't Shun the Sun
“Recent research by vitamin D pioneer Dr. Michael Holick, Professor of Medicine, Physiology, and Dermatology at Boston University School of Medicine, recommends intakes of up to 2,000 IU a day -- or enough to keep blood levels of 25 hydroxy vitamin D at between 75 to 125 nmol/L (nanomoles per liter). (viii) That may sound high, but it's still safe: Lifeguards have levels of 250 nmol/L without toxicity.”
The Huffington Post: Vitamin D: Why You Are Probably NOT Getting Enough and How That Makes You Sick
“How often should I have a 25 hydroxy vitamin D blood test?”
“The only blood test that can diagnose vitamin D deficiency is a 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25 OH vitamin D).”
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Chemistry
allylic, hydroxylation, homoallylic, acetylate, conjugation, hydroxy, decarboxylation, enantiomer, diastereomer, diastereoisomer, epimer, conformer and 5 more...
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Hi, you!
Words that sound like you're saying hi to a person.
hijack, hygiene, heighdy, hi-fi, hijinks, hiyacinth, hymen, highway, hiyalin, highfalutin, highbrow, hilo and 37 more...
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