alkapton

== English == === Alternative forms === alcapton === Etymology === From German Alkapton, coined by Boedeker (1861) as "an admittedly somewhat barbaric combination" of Alkali (“alkali”) + Ancient Greek κάπτον (kápton), neuter present participle of Ancient Greek κάπτω (káptō, “to gulp down”), after the tendency of alkapton to strongly react with oxygen in alkaline solution. === Noun === alkapton (uncountable) (organic chemistry) homogentisic acid ==== Derived terms ==== alkaptonuria === References ===