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fumaric acid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables
fu-mar-ic acid
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

an unsaturated organic dicarboxylic acid, HOOCCH=CHCOOH, the geometric isomer of maleic acid from which it may be prepared by heating; it is found in many plants, including fungi and mosses, and is essential in the chemistry of respiration; it has a number of industrial applications, and its esters, the fumarates, are used in the treatment of psoriasis

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Fumaria.

Usage

Inflected Forms

fumaric acids (plural)

Synonyms

trans-butenedioic acid E297 when used as an acidity regulator

Questions

What does fumaric acid mean?
an unsaturated organic dicarboxylic acid, HOOCCH=CHCOOH, the geometric isomer of maleic acid from which it may be prepared by heating; it is found in many plants, including fungi and mosses, and is essential in the chemistry of respiration; it has a number of industrial applications, and its esters, the fumarates, are used in the treatment of psoriasis
Where does fumaric acid come from?
From Fumaria.

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