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tricarboxylic
[trahy-kahr-bok-
sil
-ik]
Word Origin
adjective
Chemistry
.
pertaining to a molecule that contains three carboxyl groups.
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Origin of
tricarboxylic
1915–20;
tri-
+
carboxylic
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