pyrotartaric acid
Chemistry. Now rare
noun
A crystalline carboxylic acid obtained from the destructive distillation of tartaric acid.
- Systematic name: methylbutanedioic acid; HOOCCH(CH3)CH2COOH..
Origin
Late 18th century.
- macrochoanitic
- macrochromosome
- macroclimate
- macroclimatic
- macrocollon
- macrocollum
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- macroconidium
- macrocosm
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- macrocrystalline
- macrocrystallinity
- macrocycle
- macrocyclic
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- Macrocystis
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- macrocytic
- macrocytosis
- macrodactylism
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- macrodome
- macrodont