[1850–55; valer(ian) + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1850–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boneyard, ethos, headhunting, heavyweight, runoff-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)
Examples of 'valeric' in a sentence
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As a result, there was accumulation of propionic and valeric acids throughout the experiment.
Pokój Tomasz, Gusiatin Zygmunt M., Bułkowska Katarzyna, Dubis Bogdan 2014, 'Production of Biogas Using Maize Silage Supplemented with Residual Glycerine fromBiodiesel Manufacturing', Archives of Environmental Protectionhttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/aep.2014.40.issue-4/aep-2014-0035/aep-2014-0035.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Concentration of valeric, isovaleric and caproic acids was below the detectable level.
Yu. V. Holota, O. O. Holubenko, A. M. Ostapchuk, T. M. Serhiychuk, L. V. Zakordonets,G. M. Tolstanova 2017, 'Fecal short-chain fatty acids at different time points after ceftriaxone administrationin rats', Ukrainian Biochemical Journalhttp://ukrbiochemjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Holota_1_17.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In addition, ischemic stroke was associated with decreased and increased concentrations of acetic acid and valeric acid, respectively.
Kazuo Yamashiro, Ryota Tanaka, Takao Urabe, Yuji Ueno, Yuichiro Yamashiro, Koji Nomoto,Takuya Takahashi, Hirokazu Tsuji, Takashi Asahara, Nobutaka Hattori 2017, 'Gut dysbiosis is associated with metabolism and systemic inflammation in patientswith ischemic stroke', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0171521. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In all tobacco types no correlation between smoking characteristics and the content of valeric acids in the smoke was established.
Dagnon S, Tasheva R, Stoilova A, Christeva D, Edreva A 2014, 'Evaluation of Aroma in Oriental Tobaccos as Based On Valeric Acid Gas Chromatography',Beiträge zur Tabakforschung Internationalhttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/cttr.2008.23.issue-2/cttr-2013-0854/cttr-2013-0854.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)