acid anhydride
Chemistry
noun
1An oxide which combines with water to form an acid.
2Any of a class of organic compounds whose molecule contains two acyl groups linked by an oxygen atom (formally derived by the combination of two carboxylic acid groups with the loss of a molecule of water).
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Henry Watts (1815–1884), chemist.
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