campholytic acid

noun

cam·​pho·​lyt·​ic acid

¦kam(p)fə¦litik-

: either of two unsaturated acids C₈H₁₃COOH distinguished as α and β and made indirectly from camphoric acid

Word History

Etymology

camph- + electrolytic; from the acid's having been first obtained by electrolysis

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