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Tetracid
Tet-rac′id
,Adj.
[
Tetra
+ acid
.] (Chem.)
Capable of neutralizing four molecules of a monobasic acid; having four hydrogen atoms capable of replacement ba acids or acid atoms; – said of certain bases;
thus, erythrine,
. C4H6(OH)4
, is a tetracid
alcohol