'Itaconic' definitions:
Definition of 'Itaconic'
From: GCIDE
- Itaconic \It`a*con"ic\, a. [From aconitic, by transposition of the letters.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C5H6O4, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by decomposing aconitic and other organic acids. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'itaconic'
From: GCIDE
- Pyrocitric \Pyr`o*cit"ric\, a. [Pyro- + citric: cf. F. pyrocitrique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, any one of three acids obtained by the distillation of citric acid, and called respectively citraconic, itaconic, and mesaconic acid. [1913 Webster]