Definition of Saccharic

1. a. Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, saccharine substances; specifically, designating an acid obtained, as a white amorphous gummy mass, by the oxidation of mannite, glucose, sucrose, etc.

Definition of Saccharic

1. Adjective. Of, relating to, or derived from saccharine substances ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Saccharic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Saccharic

1. Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, saccharine substances; specifically, designating an acid obtained, as a white amorphous gummy mass, by the oxidation of mannite, glucose, sucrose, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saccharic

sacatons
sacbrood
sacbut
sacbuts
saccade
saccades
saccadic
saccadic movement
saccate
sacced
saccharase
saccharases
saccharate
saccharated
saccharephidrosis
saccharic (current term)
saccharic acid
saccharide
saccharide kinase
saccharides
saccharidic
sacchariferous
saccharification
saccharifications
saccharified
saccharifies
saccharify
saccharifying
saccharilla
saccharillas

Literary usage of Saccharic

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

1. A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1873)
"Nitric acid converts saccharic into oxalic acid. ... This acid, isomeric with saccharic acid, is produced, together with a small quantity of oxalic acid, ..."

2. A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1869)
"Or In these compounds saccharic acid appears to be ... This acid, isomerie with saccharic acid, is produced, together with a small quantity of oxalic acid, ..."

3. First Outlines of a Dictionary of Solubilities of Chemical Substances by Frank Humphreys Storer (1864)
"I.) normo/f Insoluble in cold, sparingly soluble in boiling water. Readily soluble in saccharic and other acids ; also soluble in ammonia- water. (Erdmann. ..."

4. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"Ethyl-saccharic acid, С*Н'(С*Н*)0§, has not yet been obtained ; but by passing hydrochloric acid gas into absolut« alcohol in which acid ..."

5. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"Combined with oxide of copper, the nitre-saccharic acid forms a crystallizable salt, unalterable in the air ; with magnesia, a deliquescent ..."

6. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1867)
"saccharic acid is sufficiently powerful to dissolve iron and zinc with ... saccharic acid has a tendency to form double salts, so that it appears to be ..."

7. Chemistry for Students by Alexander William Williamson (1865)
"saccharic and Mucic Acid (^^I0 O6) are formed by the action of dilute nitric acid on ... saccharic acid is also formed by the first action of nitric acid on ..."

8. Elementary Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes, Robert Bridges (1845)
"Exposed to a red-heat in a close vessel, it is converted into carbonate of lime, with escape of carbonic oxide. saccharic ..."

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