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itaconic acid definition

ita·conic acid (it′ə kän′ik)

a white crystalline material, CH:C(COOH)CH COOH, prepared by the fermentation of sugar with a special mold: it is used in making resins and plasticizers

Etymology: arbitrary transposition of aconitic (< aconite + -ic)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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