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mucic acid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mu-ci-c acid
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dicarboxylic acid, HOOC-(CHOH)₄-COOH, produced by the oxidation of the milk sugar galactose, used as a test for the presence of galactose or lactose.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Swedish mjölk-socker-syra (milk-sugar-acid).

Usage

Derived Forms

mucate

Phrases

allomucic acid talomucic acid

Synonyms

galactaric acid

Questions

What does mucic acid mean?
A dicarboxylic acid, HOOC-(CHOH)₄-COOH, produced by the oxidation of the milk sugar galactose, used as a test for the presence of galactose or lactose.
Where does mucic acid come from?
From Swedish mjölk-socker-syra (milk-sugar-acid).

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