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performic acid

performic acid noun: the simplest organic peracid H-CO-OOH that is used to cleave the disulfide links in peptides.

Noun

performic acid (uncountable)

  1. The simplest organic peracid H-CO-OOH that is used to cleave the disulfide links in peptides

Origin of performic acid

From per- + formic acid?

Questions about performic acid

What does performic acid mean?
Performic acid means the simplest organic peracid H-CO-OOH that is used to cleave the disulfide links in peptides.
What part of speech is performic acid?
Performic acid is a noun.

Words near performic acid in the dictionary

  1. performerly
  2. performers
  3. performest
  4. performeth
  5. performic
  6. performic acid
  7. performing
  8. performing art
  9. performing arts
  10. performings
  11. performs

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