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suc·cinic acid (sək sin′ik)
a colorless, crystalline dibasic acid, HOOC(CH)COOH, found in amber, lignite, and many plants, and produced synthetically or during alcoholic fermentation: it is used in medicine and organic synthesis
Etymology: Fr succinique < L succinum, amber
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