methionic acid

noun

meth·​ion·​ic acid

¦methī¦änik-

: a deliquescent crystalline acid CH₂(SO₃H)₂ formed from acetylene or acetamide by the action of fuming sulfuric acid; methane-disulfonic acid

Word History

Etymology

methionic from meth- + thionic

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