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.
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