Medical Dictionary
phthioic acid
noun phthi·o·ic acid \thī-ˌō-ik-\
Medical Definition of PHTHIOIC ACID
: a branched-chain optically active fatty acid or mixture of such acids isolated from the human tubercle bacillus that causes the formation of tubercular lesions on injection into animals
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