Hydroxybutyric is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Hydroxybutyric in a sentence
Hydroxybutyric meaning
Of or pertaining to the hydroxybutyric acids or their derivatives
Using Hydroxybutyric
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to the hydroxybutyric acids or their derivatives
Context around Hydroxybutyric
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hydroxybutyric
- In this selection, "hydroxybutyric" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gamma and acid stand out and add context to how "hydroxybutyric" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include for gamma hydroxybutyric acid was and with gamma hydroxybutyric acid or. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hydroxybutyric" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hydroxybutyric
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
GHB, short for Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid - was first synthesised in 1960 and was later used as an anaesthetic. (18 words)
Once there, investigators believe Sinaga was probably drugging his victims with gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, or GHB, which is sometimes used recreationally as a club drug. (25 words)
Once there, investigators believe Sinaga was probably drugging his victims with gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, or GHB, which is sometimes used recreationally as a club drug. (25 words)
GHB, short for Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid - was first synthesised in 1960 and was later used as an anaesthetic. (18 words)
Example sentences (2)
GHB, short for Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid - was first synthesised in 1960 and was later used as an anaesthetic.
Once there, investigators believe Sinaga was probably drugging his victims with gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, or GHB, which is sometimes used recreationally as a club drug.