Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hypothetical acid, NH2COOH, that exists only in the form of its esters and salts.
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- noun organic chemistry
amino -formic acid , NH2COOH; it is toounstable to have beenisolated , but itsesters andsalts are known.
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- noun an acid that is known only by virtue of its salts (as ammonium carbamate) or its esters (as urethane)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[carbam(ide) + –ic.]
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