oxaluric acid

noun

ox·​al·​uric acid

: a crystalline acid NH₂CONHCOCOOH obtained in the form of salts by the action of alkalies on parabanic acid

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary oxal- + -uric

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