pyruvic acid

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Etymology

From New Latin acidum pyruvicum, from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, fire) + ūva (grape) + -icum (neuter singular of -icus), from its being produced by the dry distillation of racemic acid, originally derived from grapes.

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pyruvic acid (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry, biochemistry) A yellowish organic keto acid, 2-oxopropanoic acid, which occurs as an intermediate in many metabolic processes, especially glycolysis.

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