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glyoxylic acid

glyoxylic acid noun: the aldehyde acid CHO-COOH found in unripe fruit, and as a component of the glyoxylate cycle.

Noun

glyoxylic acid (uncountable)

  1. The aldehyde acid CHO-COOH found in unripe fruit, and as a component of the glyoxylate cycle

Words formed from glyoxylic acid

Questions about glyoxylic acid

What does glyoxylic acid mean?
Glyoxylic acid means the aldehyde acid CHO-COOH found in unripe fruit, and as a component of the glyoxylate cycle.
What part of speech is glyoxylic acid?
Glyoxylic acid is a noun.

Words near glyoxylic acid in the dictionary

  1. glyoxylates
  2. glyoxylation
  3. glyoxylations
  4. glyoxyldiureide
  5. glyoxylic
  6. glyoxylic acid
  7. glyoxylin
  8. glyoxyline
  9. glyoxysome
  10. glyoxysomes
  11. glype

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