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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.