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quininic acid

quininic acid noun: a nitrogenous acid obtained as a yellow crystalline substance by the oxidation of quinine.

Noun

quininic acid (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) A nitrogenous acid obtained as a yellow crystalline substance by the oxidation of quinine.

Questions about quininic acid

What does quininic acid mean?
Quininic acid means a nitrogenous acid obtained as a yellow crystalline substance by the oxidation of quinine.
What part of speech is quininic acid?
Quininic acid is a noun.

Words near quininic acid in the dictionary

  1. quinine waters
  2. quinined
  3. quinines
  4. quining
  5. quininic
  6. quininic acid
  7. quinining
  8. quininise
  9. quininised
  10. quininises
  11. quininising

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