
• (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called also hydroxy malonic acid) obtained, by reducing mesoxalic acid, as a white crystalline substance.
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Tar·tron'ic adjective [
Tartro- + mal
onic .]
(Chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (called also
hydroxy malonic acid ) obtained, by reducing mesoxalic acid, as a white crystalline substance.
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