dimercaptosuccinic acid

English

Noun

dimercaptosuccinic acid (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry, medicine) A chemical compound (C₄H₆O₄S₂), used as a tracer to obtain scintigrams of the kidney. Abbreviated as DMSA.

Coordinate terms

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