noun🔗Share(carboxylic acid) A colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH2COOH)2, that occurs naturally in amber and is important in the metabolic Krebs cycle."While not directly observable in everyday life, succinic acid plays a crucial role in the Krebs cycle, which our bodies use to generate energy from food. "compoundsubstancechemistrybiochemistryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading