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CIDE DICTIONARY

pyroacetic, a. [Pyro- + acetic: cf. F. pyroacétique.].

Pertaining to, and designating, a substance (acetone) obtained by the distillation of the acetates. It is now called also pyroacetic ether, and formerly was called pyroacetic spirit. [1913 Webster]

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