taurylic acid

noun

An acid found in the urine of cattle, horses, and humans, probably identical with cresol.

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Meanings

nountaurylic acid (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountablechemistryAn acid found in the urine of cattle, horses, and humans, probably identical with cresol.

Origin

  1. Latintaurus“bull”
  2. Englishtaurylic acid

From Latin taurus (“bull”) + -yl + -ic.

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