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- context|uncountable|organic compound A sweet, crystaline compound (not an alkaloid), trimethylammoniumacetate, found in sugar beet and similar plants, sometimes used to treat muscular degeneracy; the zwitterion (CH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>3</sub>N<sup>+</sup>CH<sub>2</sub>COO<sup>-</sup>
- context|countable|organic chemistry Any derivative of this compound.
- context|countable|organic chemistry|by extension Any similar compound, based on sulfur or phosphorus etc, having an onium ion with no hydrogen atom adjacent to the anionic atom.
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