erythorbic acid
[ er-uh-thawr-bik, er- ]
nounChemistry.
a crystalline compound, C6H8O6, soluble in water: used as an antioxidant for food and as a reducing agent in photography.
Origin of erythorbic acid
1First recorded in 1960–65; eryth(r)- + (asc)orbic acid
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