Definition of Mellitic

1. a. Containing saccharine matter; marked by saccharine secretions; as, mellitic diabetes.

Definition of Mellitic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to honey or sugar ¹

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to mellite ¹

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Definition of Mellitic

1. pertaining to mellite [adj] - See also: mellite

Medical Definition of Mellitic

1. Containing saccharine matter; marked by saccharine secretions; as, mellitic diabetes. Pertaining to, or derived from, the mineral mellite. Mellitic acid, a white, crystalline, organic substance, C6(CO2H)6, occurring naturally in combination with aluminium in the mineral mellite, and produced artificially by the oxidation of coal, graphite, etc, and hence Synonym: graphitic acid. Origin: Cf. F. Mellitique. See Mellite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mellitic

mellifluous
mellifluously
mellifluousness
mellifulous
mellify
melligenous
melliloquent
melling
melliphagous
mellismatic
mellisonant
mellitate
mellitates
mellite
mellites
mellitic (current term)
mellitic acid
mellitose
mellitum
mellon
mellone
mellonide
mellonides
mellophone
mellophones
mellotron
mellotrons
mellow
mellow out
mellowed

Literary usage of Mellitic

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

1. A System of Chemistry for the Use of Students of Medicine by Franklin Bache (1819)
"I. mellitic ACID may be obtained by boiling the mineral ... The mellitic acid dissolves in the water and the alumina separates in flakes. ..."

2. A System of Chemistry for the Use of Students of Medicine by Franklin Bache, Thomas Thomson (1819)
"I. mellitic ACID may be obtained by boiling the mineral ... The mellitic acid dissolves in the water and the alumina separates in flukes. ..."

3. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"mellitic acid crystallizes in fine, silky needles, readily soluble in water and alcohol. ... mellitic acid forms salts with six equivalents of metal. ..."

4. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"An interesting formation of mellitic acid is that whereby pure carbon ... mellitic acid crystallizes in fine, silky needles, readily soluble in water and ..."

5. Introduction to the Study of Organic Chemistry: The Chemistry of Carbon and by Henry Edward Armstrong (1884)
"mellitic acid has been obtained, it is said, by oxidising carbon. ... By the action of nascent hydrogen mellitic acid is converted into ..."

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