mesoxalic acid
Chemistry
noun
The crystalline dibasic acid CO(COOH)2, which in the free state exists only in water to form the hydrous form, (HO)2C(COOH)2.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Robert Thomson (1810–1864), medical officer of health.
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