haloacetic acid

English

Etymology

From halo- +‎ acetic acid.

Noun

haloacetic acid (countable and uncountable, plural haloacetic acids)

  1. (chemistry) Any carboxylic acid in which a halogen atom takes the place of a hydrogen atom in acetic acid; a common undesirable by-product of the chlorination of drinking water.
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