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alkapton

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8 lettersPart of speech nounSorted aaklnoptStarts with AEnds with N0 clues
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  1. an acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine

Word origin

From German Alkapton, coined by Boedeker (1861) as "an admittedly somewhat barbaric combination" of Alkali (“alkali”) + Ancient Greek κάπτον (kápton), neuter present participle of Ancient Greek κάπτω (káptō, “to gulp down”), after the tendency of alkapton to strongly react with oxygen in alkaline solution.

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