MECONIN

Etymology

Noun

meconin (uncountable)

(chemistry) A substance regarded as an anhydride of meconinic acid, found in opium.

Usage notes

• Also erroneously called meconina, meconia, etc, as though an alkaloid.

Anagrams

• Comneni

Source: Wiktionary


Mec"o*nin, n. Etym: [Cf. F. méconine.] (Chem.)

Definition: A substance regarded as an anhydride of meconinic acid, existing in opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance. Also erroneously called meconina, meconia, etc., as though it were an alkaloid.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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