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arabic acid (medicine)


arabic acid -->
arabin


1. <chemistry> A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gum arabic, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance.

2. Mucilage, especially that made of gum arabic.

Source: Websters Dictionary