oxaluric acid

noun

A complex nitrogenous acid, a urea with formula C₃H₄N₂O₄, found in various species, also attainable from parabanic acid.

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Meanings

nounoxaluric acid (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA complex nitrogenous acid, a urea with formula C₃H₄N₂O₄, found in various species, also attainable from parabanic acid.

Origin

From oxalyl and uric.

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