What does homogentisic acid mean?

homogentisic acid means "an acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine".

What is another word for homogentisic acid?

Close synonyms include alkapton, alcapton. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is homogentisic acid a common word?

homogentisic acid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

homogentisic acid — meaning, pronunciation and definition

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an acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine
Synonymsalkapton alcapton
Broaderacid

Questions about homogentisic acid

What does homogentisic acid mean?: homogentisic acid means "an acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine".
What is another word for homogentisic acid?: Close synonyms include alkapton, alcapton. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is homogentisic acid a common word?

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