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normal butyric acid (medicine) and unbuttoned (iou)


normal butyric acid (medicine)


normal butyric acid


(also written as n-butyric acid), butanoic acid, CH3CH2CH2COOH, which occurs in combination with glycerol in cow's butter; and isobutyric acid, 2-methylpropanoic acid, (CH3)2CHCOOH, one of the intermediates in valine catabolism, found in combination with glycerol in croton oil and elsewhere.


unbuttoned (iou)



unbuttoned adjective. L16.
[from UN-1 + BUTTONED. Cf. UNBUTTON.]
Not having a button or buttons. L16.
A. Price They were fencing with unbuttoned foils.
Not fastened with buttons; with the buttons of one's clothing unfastened; fig. communicative, unrestrained, informal. L16.
J. Updike A book so unbuttoned in manner, so dishevelled in content.