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tannic acid
noun
Definition of TANNIC ACID
: tannin 1
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First Known Use of TANNIC ACID
1836
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tannic acid
noun tan·nic acid \ˌtan-ik-\
Medical Definition of TANNIC ACID
1
: a tannin occurring especially in extracts from nutgalls and yielding gallic acid on hydrolysis—called also digallic acid, gallotannic acid, gallotannin
2
: tannin 1
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