Definition of fumaric acid
: a crystalline acid C4H4O4 found in various plants or made synthetically
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Tests proved him right. Spraying experimental rice plants with artificial acid rain immediately cut their release into the soil of three relevant bacterial foodstuffs—fumaric acid, galactose and glucose.
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Origin and Etymology of fumaric acid
International Scientific Vocabulary, from New Latin Fumaria, genus of herbs, from Late Latin, fumitory, from Latin fumus
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First Known Use: circa 1864
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medical Definition of fumaric acid
: a crystalline acid C4H4O4 formed from succinic acid as an intermediate in the Krebs cycle
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