oxyacid

An oxygen-containing acid.

An acid containing oxygen. Also called oxacid.

This term was formerly used to distinguish an acid containing oxygen from one in which this element is not present, as sulphuric acid, H₂SO₄, from hydrochloric; acid, HCl. In modern organic chemistry the same term is often applied to an acid which contains both a carboxyl and a hydroxyl group, as oxyacetic or glycolic acid, CH₂.HO.COOH. Substances of this kind are perhaps better called hydroxyacids or alcohol acids.

An acid containing oxygen, as chloric acid or sulphuric acid; — contrasted with the hydracids, which contain no oxygen, as hydrochloric acid. See acid, and hydroxy-.

An acid containing oxygen, as opposed to a hydracid.

any acid that contains oxygen