aceto- Chem.
In comb. = acetic, acetyl before a consonant (cf. acet-), as in aceto-chloride, aceto-nitril, acetophenone, aceto-sodacetate, etc.
| 1880 tr. Wurtz, Atom. Theory 180 This is the case in the combinations described by Carius under the name of plumbic aceto-chlorhydrin, aceto-bromhydrin, and aceto-iodhydrin. |