"hydroxybutyric acid" meaning in English

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          "text": "alphahydroxybutyric acid - 2-hydroxy-butanoic acid"
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          "text": "betahydroxybutyric acid - 3-hydroxy-butanoic acid"
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          "text": "gammahydroxybutyric acid - 4-hydroxy-butanoic acid"
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          "text": "2-hydroxy, 2-methylpropanoic acid"
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          "text": "3-hydroxy, 2-methylpropanoic acid"
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        "Either of the isomeric compounds formed from a butyric acid by substituting a hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group"
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        "(organic chemistry) Either of the isomeric compounds formed from a butyric acid by substituting a hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group"
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          "text": "gammahydroxybutyric acid - 4-hydroxy-butanoic acid"
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