oxyˈhydrate Chem.
A hydrated oxide or hydrate of a metal, as oxyhydrate of iron. So oxyˈhydric a., consisting of oxygen and hydrogen combined; as oxyhydric acid, a descriptive term for water (H2O). † oxyhydrocarbon a., consisting of oxygen combined with a hydrocarbon.
| 1876 tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. (ed. 6) 88 If the water contains iron in solution, this is readily precipitated as an oxyhydrate. 1891 Lancet 23 May 1165/2 Carbonic acid unites with oxyhydrate to form carbonate of lead, which is soluble in excess of the gas. |
| 1852 C. Morfit Tanning & Currying (1853) 158 In modern chemistry water is known as oxy-hydric acid, or protoxide of hydrogen. 1866 Odling Anim. Chem. 55 The building up of the primary oxihydrocarbon molecules. |