aceturic acid

noun

ac·​e·​tu·​ric acid

¦a-sə-¦tu̇r-ik-,

-¦tyu̇r-

: a crystalline acid CH₃CONHCH₂COOH

called also acetylglycine

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary acet- + -uric

First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined above

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