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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 hy·droxy·ace·tic acid /haɪˌdrɑksɪəˌsɪtɪk-/ 名詞
 羥乙酸,羥基乙酸

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Gly·col·ic a. Chem. Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid.
 Glycolic acid Chem., an organic acid, found naturally in unripe grapes and in the leaves of the wild grape (Ampelopsis quinquefolia), and produced artificially in many ways, as by the oxidation of glycol, -- whence its name. It is a sirupy, or white crystalline, substance, HO.CH2.CO2H, has the properties both of an alcohol and an acid, and is a type of the hydroxy acids; -- called also hydroxyacetic acid.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 hydroxyacetic acid
      n : a translucent crystalline compound found in sugar cane and
          sugar beets and unripe grapes [syn: glycolic acid, glycollic
           acid]