succinic acid

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   a dicarboxylic acid (C4H6O4) active in metabolic processes

   Broadercarboxylic acid

Questions about succinic acid

What does succinic acid mean?

succinic acid means "a dicarboxylic acid (C4H6O4) active in metabolic processes".

Is succinic acid a common word?

succinic 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.