"itaconic acid" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Anagram of aconitic, modelled on German Itaconsäure as an anagram of Aconitsäure (“aconitic acid”), coined by Gustav Crasso (1840). Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|Itaconsäure}} German Itaconsäure Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} itaconic acid (uncountable)
  1. (organic chemistry) One of the isomeric dicarboxylic acids produced by the distillation of citric acid, or as metabolites by microorganisms, CH₂=C(CO₂H)-CH₂CO₂H. Tags: uncountable Derived forms: citraconic acid, ita-, mesaconic acid
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