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nitrilotriacetic acid

nitrilotriacetic acid noun: a polyamino carboxylic acid used as a chelating agent.

Noun

nitrilotriacetic acid (uncountable)

  1. A polyamino carboxylic acid used as a chelating agent.

Questions about nitrilotriacetic acid

What does nitrilotriacetic acid mean?
Nitrilotriacetic acid means a polyamino carboxylic acid used as a chelating agent.
What part of speech is nitrilotriacetic acid?
Nitrilotriacetic acid is a noun.

Words near nitrilotriacetic acid in the dictionary

  1. nitriloacetic
  2. nitriloside
  3. nitrilotriacetate
  4. nitrilotriacetates
  5. nitrilotriacetic
  6. nitrilotriacetic acid
  7. nitrils
  8. nitrimine
  9. nitrimines
  10. nitritation
  11. nitritations

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