or  mono*acid*ic  adj 1  :  able to react with only one molecule of a monobasic acid to form a salt or ester  :  characterized by one hydroxyl group - used of bases and sometimes of alcohols  2  :  containing only one hydrogen atom replaceable by a basic atom or radical - used esp. of acid salts
n :  an acid having only one acid hydrogen atom .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  mono·cyte 
 
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