malamic acid

English

Etymology

Blend of malic +‎ amic + acid.

Noun

malamic acid (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) An acid intermediate between malic acid and malamide, known only by its salts.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “malamic acid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)