Definition of Meconate

1. n. A salt of meconic acid.

Definition of Meconate

1. Noun. (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of meconic acid ¹

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Definition of Meconate

1. a salt of meconic acid [n -S]

Medical Definition of Meconate

1. A salt of meconic acid. Origin: Cf. F. Meconate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Meconate

meclastine
meclizine
meclizine hydrochloride
meclizines
meclofenamate
meclofenamate sodium
meclofenamic acid
meclofenoxate
meclonazepam
mecloqualone
meclozine
meclozine hydrochloride
mecocephalic
mecometer
mecomtronics
meconate (current term)
meconates
meconial colic
meconic
meconic acid
meconidia
meconidine
meconidium
meconin
meconinic
meconinic acid
meconins
meconiorrhoea
meconism

Literary usage of Meconate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1839)
"... instituted a number of experiments, with the view of procuring the bi-meconate of morphia as free of the other ingredients of opium as possible. ..."

2. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1858)
"... acid dissolves readily in ordinary alcohol, less readily in absolute alcohol, readily in ether. meconate of ..."

3. A Practical treatise on materia medica and therapeutics: With Special by John Vietch Shoemaker (1906)
"The mitigated preparations may be useful in cases of children, women, and debilitated individuals. extemporaneously formed meconate of lead, which is yellow ..."

4. First Outlines of a Dictionary of Solubilities of Chemical Substances by Frank Humphreys Storer (1864)
"meconate of protoxide or IRON. Very soluble C,4 H, Fe, o,4 in water. ... meconate of protoxide OF MERCURY. Insoluble in wnter, or ¡n an aqueous solution of ..."

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