Definition of Amylic

1. a. Pertaining to, or derived from, amyl; as, amylic ether.

Definition of Amylic

1. Adjective. (chemistry) Pertaining to, or derived from, amyl ¹

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Definition of Amylic

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

Medical Definition of Amylic

1. Pertaining to, or derived from, amyl; as, amylic ether. Amylic alcohol, a process of fermentation in starch or sugar in which amylic alcohol is produced. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amylic

amyl alcohol
amyl hydrate
amyl nitrate
amyl nitrite
amyl valerate
amylaceous
amylaemia
amylase
amylase-creatinine clearance ratio
amylases
amylasuria
amylate
amylates
amylene
amylenes
amylic (current term)
amylic fermentation
amylin
amylmetacresol
amylo-
amylobacter
amylobacters
amylobarbitone
amylocaine
amylocaine hydrochloride
amyloclast
amylodextrin
amylogen
amylogenesis
amylogenic

Literary usage of Amylic

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

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1869)
"Note on the Separation of the Isomeric amylic Alcohols formed hy Fermentation. ... At present we are acquainted with two amylic alcohols formed by ..."

2. Elements of Chemistry: For the Use of Colleges, Academies, and Schools by Victor Regnault (1853)
"The same ether is formed when nitric acid is made to act on amylic alcohol ... If chloride of boron be made to act on amylic alcohol, an oily liquid is ..."

3. Artificial Anæsthesia and Anæsthetics by Henry Munson Lyman (1881)
"amylic hydride is a colorless, transparent liquid, with a very slight, ... Richardson found that inhalation of the vapor of amylic hydride produced ..."

4. Chemistry for Students by Alexander William Williamson (1865)
"When heated with sulphuric acid amylic alcohol does not, however, yield an ether as vinic alcohol does. The mixture becomes black—gives off sulphurous and ..."

5. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1857)
"Chloride of amyl mixed with alcoholic potash in a strong sealed tube and heated to 100°, yields amylic ether and a deposit of chloride of potassium. ..."

6. A Manual of Chemistry: On the Basis of Turner's Elements of Chemistry by John Johnston, Edward Turner (1860)
"It has a density of 0-85, and boils at 108°. amylic ALCOHOL ... 600, amylic alcohol is a peculiar oily substance, which is collected in the process of ..."

7. Poisons: Their Effects and Detection by Alexander Wynter Blyth (1895)
"There is more than one amylic alcohol according to theory ; eight ... The amylic alcohols are identical in their chemical composition, but differ in certain ..."

8. First principles of chemistry for the use of colleges and schools: For the by Benjamin Silliman (1861)
"amylic Alcohol.—We have already alluded to this compound as a product of fermentation under certain circumstances. In the rectification of the crude spirit ..."

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