Word.ws English Dictionary

erythorbic acid

erythorbic acid noun: a stereoisomer of ascorbic acid that does not occur naturally.

Noun

erythorbic acid (uncountable)

  1. a stereoisomer of ascorbic acid that does not occur naturally
    Synonyms:
    E315 when used as an antioxidant

Synonyms of erythorbic acid

  • E315 when used as an antioxidant

Origin of erythorbic acid

erythro- + -ic

Questions about erythorbic acid

What does erythorbic acid mean?
Erythorbic acid means a stereoisomer of ascorbic acid that does not occur naturally.
What part of speech is erythorbic acid?
Erythorbic acid is a noun.

Words near erythorbic acid in the dictionary

  1. erythemogenic
  2. erythermalgia
  3. erythorbate
  4. erythorbates
  5. erythorbic
  6. erythorbic acid
  7. erythr-
  8. erythrabyssin
  9. Erythrae
  10. Erythraea
  11. Erythraean

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: erythorbic acid (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “erythorbic acid.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/erythorbic_acid. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.