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mucic

mucic


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mucic  \Mu"cic\,  a.  [L.  mucus  mucus:  cf  F.  mucique.]  (Chem.) 
  Pertaining  to  or  derived  from  gums  and  micilaginous 
  substances;  specif.,  denoting  an  acid  obtained  by  the 
  oxidation  of  gums,  dulcite,  etc.,  as  a  white  crystalline 
  substance  isomeric  with  saccharic  acid.