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Definition of Meconin

1. n. A substance regarded as an anhydride of meconinic acid, existing in opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance. Also erroneously called meconina, meconia, etc., as though it were an alkaloid.

Definition of Meconin

1. a white fusible neutral substance [n -S]

Medical Definition of Meconin

1. A substance regarded as an anhydride of meconinic acid, existing in opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance. Also erroneously called meconina, meconia, etc, as though it were an alkaloid. Origin: Cf. F. Meconine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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