a. Chem. [f. ACET- + URIC.] In Aceturic acid, CH2 < NH.C2H3O/CO2H, a secondary amide, consisting of glycocine with one H atom of the typical ammonia replaced by the radical acetyl; hence also called Acetyl-glycocine.
1877. Watts, Fownes’ Chem., II. 383.
