kainic acid

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 海人草 (kainin-sou).

Noun

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kainic acid (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) A heterocyclic dicarboxylic acid isolated from certain red algae; used as an anthelmintic in Japan.
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