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fumaric acids

fumaric acids is the plural of fumaric acid.

Meaning of fumaric acid

Noun

fumaric acid (countable and uncountable, plural fumaric acids)

  1. an unsaturated organic dicarboxylic acid, HOOCCH=CHCOOH, the geometric isomer of maleic acid from which it may be prepared by heating; it is found in many plants, including fungi and mosses, and is essential in the chemistry of respiration; it has a number of industrial applications, and its esters, the fumarates, are used in the treatment of psoriasis
    Synonyms:
    trans-butenedioic acid, E297 when used as an acidity regulator

Questions about fumaric acids

What is fumaric acids the plural of?
Fumaric acids is the plural of fumaric acid.

Words near fumaric acids in the dictionary

  1. fumarates
  2. fumaria
  3. fumariaceous
  4. fumaric
  5. fumaric acid
  6. fumaric acids
  7. fumariline
  8. fumarine
  9. fumarioid
  10. fumaritridine
  11. fumaritrine

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