Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or derived from the poppy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or obtained from, the poppy or opium; specif. (Chem.), designating an acid related to aconitic acid, found in opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
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Examples
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By acting upon meconic acid with ammonia, comenamic acid is formed, and this latter, when heated with zinc dust, yields pyridine.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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Concentrate the solution of meconic acid, allow a portion to crystallize, and apply tests.
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_ -- Opium itself cannot be directly detected, but we test for morphine and meconic acid.
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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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Second, two organic and one simpler acid -- acetic (absolute vinegar), meconic (one of the most powerful irritants which can be applied to the intestines through the bile), and sulphuric.
The Opium Habit Horace B. Day
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_papaverin_ also; while _meconin_, whose acrid properties in contact with animal tissue are similar to that of meconic acid, forms the last of the group.
The Opium Habit Horace B. Day
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