# haloacetic acid

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any carboxylic acid in which a halogen atom takes the place of a hydrogen atom in acetic acid; a common undesirable by-product of the chlorination of drinking water.

## Etymology
From halo- + acetic acid.

## Source
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