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ac·e·tu·ric acid | \ ¦a-sə-¦tu̇r-ik-, -¦tyu̇r- \
Definition of aceturic acid
: a crystalline acid CH3CONHCH2COOH
— called also acetylglycine
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The first known use of aceturic acid was in 1865
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