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Definition of Fumaric

1. a. Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory (Fumaria officinalis).

Definition of Fumaric

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or derived from fumitory ¹

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to fumaric acid or its derivatives ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fumaric

1. pertaining to a certain acid [adj]

Medical Definition of Fumaric

1. Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory (Fumaria officinalis). Fumaric acid, a widely occurring organic acid, exttracted from fumitory as a white crystallline substance, C2H2(CO2H)2, and produced artificially in many ways, as by the distillation of malic acid; boletic acid. It is found also in the lichen, Iceland moss, and hence was also called lichenic acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fumaric

Literary usage of Fumaric

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1856)
"Crystallized maleic acid is rapidly distilled, with change of receiver, till nothing but crystallized fumaric acid remains behind; and the last distillate ..."

2. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik. Holleman (1920)
"fumaric acid and maleic acid do, in fact, display great differences in these physical properties. Both fumaric acid and maleic acid combine with bromine, ..."

3. Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1855)
"fumaric acid forms small, white, crystalline laminae, which dissolve freely in ... The volatile acid produced simultaneously with the fumaric acid is called ..."

4. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Most Recent Discoveries and by Robert Kane, John William Draper (1842)
"They are the maleic acid and the fumaric acid, the latter so called from having been first discovered in the fu- maria officinalis. These acids are isomeric ..."

5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1902)
"2, 430 : and glacial acetic acid, action of, on fumaric acid (abst.), - - - 5, 18- Acetyl compounds of carbohydrates (abst.), - 2225 Acetyl, determination ..."

6. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"fumaric acid occurs naturally in many plants, especially in Fumaria vulgaris, from which it derives its name. It is also found in some fungi. ..."

7. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1906)
"Metzger found that thorium is precipitated quantitatively from a neutral 40 per cent alcoholic solution by means of fumaric acid, while cerium, lanthanum, ..."

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