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Webster 1913 Edition

Mycomelic

Myˊco-mel′ic

,

Adj.

[Gr. (spurious)

μῦκοσ

mucus (L.

mucus

) +

μέλι

honey.]

(Chem.)

Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid of the alloxan group, obtained as a honey-yellow powder. Its solutions have a gelatinous consistency.