thioctic acid
noun
thi·oc·tic acid
variants:
also 6,8-thioctic acid \ (ˌsiks-ˌāt-)thī-ˌäk-tik- 
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Medical Definition of thioctic acid
: a lipoic acid C8H14O2S2 that has been reported to ameliorate the effects of poisoning by mushrooms (as the death cap) of the genus Amanita