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organic acid

American

[awr-gan-ik as-id] / ɔrˈgæn ɪk ˈæs ɪd /

noun

Chemistry. any acid containing a carbon-hydrogen or carbon-carbon bond.

organic acid Scientific

An acid that is an organic compound, especially a carboxylic acid.

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organic acids

plural

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Thus that wretch With scarce organic voice, and aiding sign, Wailed out the supplication of despair: 'Fly not, O saintly virgin!

From Legends of the Saxon Saints by De Vere, Aubrey

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