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“succinic”

The following 3 entries include the term succinic.

succinic acid

noun

: a crystalline dicarboxylic acid C4H6O4 found widely in nature and active in energy-yielding metabolic reactions

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succinic anhydride

noun

: a crystalline cyclic compound C2H4(CO)2O obtained by dehydration of succinic acid and used similarly as an intermediate

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succinic oxidase

noun

: succinoxidase

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