Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun homogentisic_acid

1 sense of homogentisic acid

Sense 1
alkapton, alcapton, homogentisic acid -- (an acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine)
       => acid -- (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)