Ox`y*ac"id (?), n. [Oxy- (a) + acid.] Chem.
An acid containing oxygen, as chloric acid or sulphuric acid; -- contrasted with the hydracids, which contain no oxygen, as hydrochloric acid. See Acid, and Hydroxy-.
© Webster 1913.
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