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kainic acid
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海人草
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kainin-sou
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kainic acid
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kainic
acid
(
uncountable
)
(
biochemistry
)
A
heterocyclic
dicarboxylic acid
isolated from certain
red algae
; used as an
anthelmintic
in Japan.
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