anhydride

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an=hy=dride

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun anhydride has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

anhydriden. [See Anhydrous.].
     An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; -- so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

anhydride, n. Chem. a substance obtained by removing the elements of water from a compound, esp. from an acid.

Etymology
as ANHYDROUS + -IDE

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