pyruvic acid

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   a colorless acid formed as an important intermediate in metabolism or fermentation

   Broaderacid

Questions about pyruvic acid

What does pyruvic acid mean?

pyruvic acid means "a colorless acid formed as an important intermediate in metabolism or fermentation".

Is pyruvic acid a common word?

pyruvic 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.