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Webster 1913 Edition
Picromel
Pic′ro-mel
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] bitter + [GREEK] honey: cf. F.
picromel
.] (Old Chem.)
A colorless viscous substance having a bitter-sweet taste.
☞ It was formerly supposed to be the essential principle of the bile, but is now known to be a mixture, principally of salts of glycocholic and taurocholic acids.
Webster 1828 Edition
Picromel
PIC'ROMEL
,Noun.
Definition 2024
picromel
picromel
English
Noun
picromel (uncountable)
- (chemistry, obsolete) A colourless viscous substance having a bittersweet taste, formerly supposed to be the essential principle of bile, but later identified as a mixture, principally of salts of glycocholic acid and taurocholic acid.