tricarboxylic acid

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Etymology

From tri- +‎ carboxylic acid.

Noun

tricarboxylic acid (plural tricarboxylic acids)

  2. (organic chemistry) An organic carboxylic acid whose chemical structure contains three carboxyl functional groups, the best-known example being citric acid.
    Alternative form: TCA (initialism)
    Hypernyms: acid < compound, substance, material
    Coordinate term: tricarboxylate (coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution)

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