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Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1837 having three replaceable hydrogen atoms — used of acids

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. Chem. (of an acid) having three replaceable hydrogen atoms.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tribasic Tri*ba"sic, a. [Pref. tri- + basic.] (Chem.) Capable of neutralizing three molecules of a monacid base, or their equivalent; having three hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by basic elements on radicals; -- said of certain acids; thus, citric acid is a tribasic acid.