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Pentabasic

Webster's Dictionary

(a.) Capable of uniting with five molecules of a monacid base; having five acid hydrogen atoms capable of substitution by a basic radical; - said of certain acids.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pentabasic'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/pentabasic.html. 1828.