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Webster 1913 Edition


Mellitic

Mel-lit′ic

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
mellitique
. See
Mellite
.]
(Chem.)
(a)
Containing saccharine matter; marked by saccharine secretions;
as,
mellitic
diabetes
.
(b)
Pertaining to, or derived from, the mineral mellite.
Mellitic acid
(Chem.)
,
a white, crystalline, organic substance,
C6(CO2H)6
, occurring naturally in combination with aluminium in the mineral mellite, and produced artificially by the oxidation of coal, graphite, etc., and hence called also
graphitic acid
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mellitic

MELLIT'IC

,
Adj.
Pertaining to honey stone.