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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A colorless compound, NH2COCH-(OH)CH2COOC2H5, formed by the action of dry ammonia on diethyl malate. Also called ethyl malamate.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A white crystalline substance forming the ethyl salt of malamic acid.

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