agaricic acid

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agaricic acid (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry, medicine) A tricarboxylic acid 2-hydroxynonadecane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid, isolated from an agaric, once used as an irritant and antidiarrhoeal