Definition of Picoline
1. n. Any one of three isometric bases (C6H7N) related to pyridine, and obtained from bone oil, acrolein ammonia, and coal-tar naphtha, as colorless mobile liquids of strong odor; -- called also methyl pyridine.
Definition of Picoline
1. a chemical compound [n -S]
Medical Definition of Picoline
1.
Any one of three isometric bases (C6H7N) related to pyridine, and obtained from bone oil, acrolein ammonia, and coal-tar naphtha, as colourless mobile liquids of strong odour.
Synonym: methyl pyridine.
Origin: L. Pix, picis, pitch + oleum oil + -ine.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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