Benzoic Acid

Definition: Benzoic Acid

Benzoic Acid

Noun

1. A white crystalline solid occurring in many resins.

Specialty Definitions: Benzoic Acid

Domain	Definitions
Health	A fungistatic compound that is widely used as a food preservative. It is conjugated to glycine in the liver and excreted as hippuric acid. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Benzoic acid

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Structural formula

Benzoic acid, C₆H₅C(O)OH, is an aromatic carboxylic acid.

The aromatic ring is similar to that of benzene.

Among benzoic acid's derivatives are salicyclic acid and 2-O-acetylsalicyclic acid, also known as aspirin.

Crosswords: Benzoic Acid

English words defined with "benzoic acid": aminobenzoic acid ♦ benzoate, benzoic, Benzoic aldehyde, Benzoyl, benzoyl group, benzoyl radical ♦ Hippuric acid, hydroxybenzoic acid ♦ Isatin ♦ Mandelic ♦ Phthalic acid ♦ Thiophenic, Toluic. (references)

Specialty definitions using "benzoic acid": Aminobenzoic Acids ♦ Balsams, Benzamides, Benzoates, benzoic acid carboxyl methyltransferase, Benzoic Acids, Benzoylcholine, Bromobenzoates ♦ Chlorobenzoates, Chloromercuribenzoates ♦ Hydroxybenzoic Acids, Hydroxymercuribenzoates ♦ Iodobenzoates ♦ Mercuribenzoates ♦ Nitrobenzoates ♦ parásito atmosférico, perturbación atmosférica ♦ Triiodobenzoic Acids ♦ Whitfield ointment. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Benzoic Acid

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Importer Adama SRL indicated that it would like to get in touch with U.S. suppliers of potassium sorbate, citric acid, benzoic acid, methylparabene, and phosphates. (references)
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Expression: Benzoic Acid

Expression using "benzoic acid": benzoic acid carboxyl methyltransferase. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Benzoic Acid

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
benzoic acid	76
sodium benzoic acid	4
para amino benzoic acid	4
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Modern Translations: Benzoic Acid

Language		Translations for "benzoic acid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		benzoesyre, E210. (various references)

Dutch		benzoëzuur, E210. (various references)

Finnish		bentsoehappo (E210), E 210 (E210). (various references)

French		E210, acide benzoïque. (various references)

German		Benzoesäure (E210), E210 (E210). (various references)

Greek		βενζοϊκό οξύ (E210). (various references)

Hungarian		benzoesav. (various references)

Italian		E210 (E210), acido benzoico (E210). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		安息香酸 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		あ�"そく�"うさ�". (various references)

Pig Latin		enzoicbay aciday

Portuguese		E210 (E210), ácido benzoico (E210). (various references)

Romanian		acid benzoic. (various references)

Spanish		E210 (E210), ácido benzoico (E210). (various references)

Swedish		bensoesyra (E210), E 210 (E210). (various references)
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Misspellings: Benzoic Acid

Misspellings
	"Benzoic Acid" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: benzoia acid. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Benzoic Acid

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-d-e-i-i-n-o-z"
	-1 letter: cocainized.
	-2 letters: cocainize.
	-3 letters: coincide.
	-4 letters: accidie, anodize, benzoic, biocide, cabezon, cabined, cocaine, codeina, conidia, diazine, ionized, oceanic, zincoid.
	-5 letters: acidic, acinic, acnode, aeonic, anodic, azonic, beacon, bionic, bizone, boccia, boccie, bodice, bonaci, canoed, ceboid, cocain, codeia, codein, coined, cozied, deacon, dezinc, diazin, iconic, iodine, iodize, ionize, niobic, zinced, zincic, zodiac, zoecia.
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