See Also: maleic(medicine)
maleic(dictionary)
maleic acid(medicine)
maleic anhydrides(medicine)
maleic hydrazide(medicine)

maleic (iou)



maleic adjective. M19.
[French maleique alt. of malique MALIC.]
Chemistry.
maleic acid, a crystalline unsaturated dibasic acid, cis-HOOCCHCHCOOH, which is isomeric with fumaric acid and is obtained in the dry distillation of malic acid; cis-butenedioic acid. M19.
maleic anhydride, the anhydride, C4H2O3, of maleic acid, used in synthesis to form addition compounds with substances containing conjugated carbon-carbon double bonds. M20.