(of a chemical compound) containing two or more hydroxyl groups per molecule
Also: polyhydric
polyhydroxy in American English
(ˌpɑlihaiˈdrɑksi)
adjective
Chemistry
containing two or more hydroxyl groups
Word origin
[1890–95; poly- + hydroxy]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blanket roll, bootstrap, cholesterol, phoneme, takedownpoly- is a combining form with the meanings “much, many” and, in chemistry, “polymeric,”used in the formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix poly- include: polyandrous, polyculture, polyethylene
Examples of 'polyhydroxy' in a sentence
polyhydroxy
Polyhydroxy acid doesn't have that effect, but it exfoliates just as well.