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Definition of Meconic
1. a. Pertaining to, or obtained from, the poppy or opium; specif. (Chem.), designating an acid related to aconitic acid, found in opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
Definition of Meconic
1. denoting an acid from poppies [adj]
Medical Definition of Meconic
1.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, the poppy or opium; specif.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meconic
Literary usage of Meconic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1865)
"meconic acul is resolved, under various circumstances, into carbonic anhydride and
... When meconic acid is boiled with voter, or with hydrochloric acid, ..."
2. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"The acid is next converted into the ammonium salt, and this is then decomposed
by hydrochloric acid.6 meconic acid dissolves in four parts ..."
3. Elements of Chemistry by Victor Regnault, James Curtis Booth, William L. Faber (1865)
"The impure meconic acid may also be combined with potassa, ... meconic acid
dissolves in 4 parts of boiling water, from which it is almost wholly deposited, ..."
4. Poisons, Their Effects and Detection: A Manual for the Use of Analytical by Alexander Wynter Blyth (1885)
"(20 grains) has been given to man without result. meconic Acid ... If meconic
acid is gently heated, it decomposes into carbon dioxide and ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1842)
"Detection of meconic Acid. ... similar to what is caused by the meconic acid.
... and which is therefore suspected of containing meconic acid; ..."
6. A Compendium of the Course of Chemical Instruction in the Medical Department by Robert Hare (1836)
"OF meconic ACID. When a solution of acetate of lead is added to an infusion of
opium, a precipitate is obtained, consisting of me- conate of lead. ..."
7. Outlines of Proximate Organic Analysis: For the Identification, Separation by Albert Benjamin Prescott (1875)
"H2O, is formed. Both precipitates are soluble in about 20 parts of water acidulated
with hydrochloric acid. c. At 120° C. (248° F.) dry meconic acid is ..."
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