Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A salt of meconic acid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A salt of meconic acid.
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- noun organic chemistry Any
salt orester ofmeconic acid
Etymologies
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Compare French méconate.
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Examples
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Put the meconate of lead with water into a beaker and pass hydrogen sulphide; sulphide of lead is formed, and meconic acid set free.
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Acetate of morphine passes through, and meconate of lead remains.
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