orotic acid
Biochemistry
noun
A crystalline acid which was discovered in milk and is an intermediate in pyrimidine biosynthesis; uracil-6-carboxylic acid, C5H4N2O4.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Journal of the Chemical Society.
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