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alginic acid definition

al·ginic acid (al jinik)

a gelatinous material, (CHO), extracted from brown seaweed or kelp: used in jellies, plastics, dentistry, etc.

Etymology: algin + -ic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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