[ox.a.lo.ace.tic acid] also ox.al.ace.tic acid n [oxalic + acetic acid] (1896): a crystalline acid that is formed by reversible oxidation of malic acid (as in carbohydrate metabolism via the Krebs cycle) and in reversible transamination reactions (as from aspartic acid)
OXALOACETIC ACID
Meaning of OXALOACETIC ACID in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012