pyrotritaric acid

noun

py·​ro·​tri·​tar·​ic acid

¦pīrō¦trī¦tarik-

variants or less commonly pyrotritartaric acid

-īˌtär¦tarik-

: a crystalline acid (C₆H₇O)COOH formed especially by heating tartaric acid; 2,5-dimethyl-3-furoic acid

Word History

Etymology

pyrotritaric International Scientific Vocabulary pyr- + tri- + tartaric; pyrotritartaric from pyr- + tri- + tartaric

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