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pyromucic acid

noun
py·​ro·​mucic acid | \ "+...-\

Definition of pyromucic acid

: alpha-furoic acid

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History and Etymology for pyromucic acid

pyromucic International Scientific Vocabulary pyr- + mucic (acid); originally formed as French pyromucique

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