Any salt or ester of hydroxybutyric acid, but especially of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid(noun)
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Use "hydroxybutyrate" in a sentence
"However, the chemical compound of these beads included the then unknown “date rape” drug gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB)."
"In place of glucose, the liver uses fat molecules to make acetoacetate and hydroxybutyrate, two compounds known as ketones."
"And I went in with the intent to give women, not knowing where the drink came from, a drink under the presumption that it contained gamma hydroxybutyrate, GHB, a date rape drug."