kainic acid
/keɪˈɪnɪk/noun
mass noun
1- Medicine an organic acid extracted from a red alga, used to kill intestinal worms【医】红藻氨酸（一种从红藻中提取的有机酸, 用于杀死肠内寄生虫）。
1.1
- Chem. formula: C10H15NO4.化学分子式：C10H15NO4.
词源
mid 20th cent.: kainic from Japanese kainin （from kainin-sō, name of the alga Digenea simplex from which it is extracted） + -IC.