“+...- noun
or oxaloacetic acid “+...-
Etymology: oxalacetic, oxaloacetic International Scientific Vocabulary oxal- + acetic
: a crystalline acid HOOCCOCH 2 COOH formed by reversible oxidation of malic acid (as in the metabolism of fats and carbohydrates) and in reversible transamination reactions (as from aspartic acid) — compare carboxylase b