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mandelic acid

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man⋅del⋅ic ac⋅id

[man-del-ik, -dee-lik]
–noun Chemistry.
any of three stereoisomeric acids having the formula C8H8O3, esp. dl-mandelic acid, a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid obtainable from amygdalin: used chiefly in medicine as an antiseptic.
Also called amygdalic acid.


Origin:
1835–45; < G Mandel almond + -ic
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Main Entry: man·del·ic acid
Pronunciation: man-"del-ik-
Function: noun
: an optically active crystalline hydroxy acidC8H8O3 that is obtainable in the levorotatory D-form from amygdalin by hydrolysis but is usually made in the racemic form by reaction ofbenzaldehyde with hydrocyanic acid and then hydrochloric acid and that is used chiefly in the form of its salts as a bacteriostatic agent for genitourinary tract infections
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mandelic acid man·del·ic acid (mān-děl'ĭk)
n.
An acid that has both antibacterial and bacteriostatic properties, used in treating urinary tract infections.

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