aminopolycarboxylic acid

English

Noun

aminopolycarboxylic acid (plural aminopolycarboxylic acids)

1. (organic chemistry) A chemical compound containing one or more nitrogen atoms connected through carbon atoms to two or more carboxyl groups.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) APCA

Coordinate terms

• aminopolycarboxylate (coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution)