mucic acid

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   a solid acid (C6H10O8) found in milk or sugar

   Broadercarboxylic acid

Questions about mucic acid

What does mucic acid mean?

mucic acid means "a solid acid (C6H10O8) found in milk or sugar".

Is mucic acid a common word?

mucic 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.