hydratropic acid
noun
hy·dra·trop·ic acid
¦hīdrə‧¦träpik-
: a colorless liquid acid C6H5CH(CH3)COOH obtained by reduction of alpha-phenyl-acrylic acid; α-phenyl-propionic acid
Word History
Etymology
hydratropic International Scientific Vocabulary hydr- + atropic being an alpha-phenyl-acrylic acid CH2:C(C6H5)COOH obtainable by the decomposition of atropine (International Scientific Vocabulary atrop- —from atropine—+ -ic)