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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OXYBENZOIC

Ox `y *ben *zo "ic, a. Etym: [Oxy- (b ) + benzoic. ] (Chem. )

 

Defn: Hydroxybenzoic; pertaining to, or designating, any one of several hydroxyl derivatives of benzonic acid, of which the commonest is salicylic acid.