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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A white crystalline dicarboxylic acid, C6H10O8, formed by the oxidation of glucose, sucrose, or starch.
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- noun biochemistry The
aldaric acid derived fromglucose
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- noun a white dicarboxylic acid formed from oxidation of sugar or starch
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