Medical Dictionary

iodoacetic acid

noun io·do·ace·tic acid \-ə-ˌsēt-ik-\

Medical Definition of IODOACETIC ACID

:  a crystalline acid C2H3IO2 used in biochemical research especially because of its inhibiting effect on many enzymes (as in glycolysis in muscle extracts)

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