Boroglyceride :: Boroglyceride (n.) A compound of boric acid and glycerin, used as an antiseptic..

Glycerate :: Glycerate (n.) A salt of glyceric acid.

Glyceric :: Glyceric (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycerin..

Glyceride :: Glyceride (n.) A compound ether (formed from glycerin). Some glycerides exist ready formed as natural fats, others are produced artificially..

Glycerin :: Glycerin (n.) Alt. of Glycerin.

Glycerine :: Glycerine (n.) An oily, viscous liquid, C3H5(OH)3, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called glycerol. See Note under Gelatin..

Glycerite :: Glycerite (n.) A medicinal preparation made by mixing or dissolving a substance in glycerin.

Glycerol :: Glycerol (n.) Same as Glycerin.

Glyceryl :: Glyceryl (n.) A compound radical, C3H5, regarded as the essential radical of glycerin. It is metameric with allyl. Called also propenyl..

Glycide :: Glycide (n.) A colorless liquid, obtained from certain derivatives of glycerin, and regarded as a partially dehydrated glycerin; -- called also glycidic alcohol..

Glycidic :: Glycidic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycide; as, glycidic acid..

Glycin :: Glycin (n.) Same as Glycocoll.

Glycocholate :: Glycocholate (n.) A salt of glycocholic acid; as, sodium glycocholate..

Glycocholic :: Glycocholic (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, glycocoll and cholic acid..

Glycocin :: Glycocin (n.) Same as Glycocoll.

Glycocoll :: Glycocoll (n.) A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in bile united with cholic acid. It is also formed from gelatin by decomposition with acids. Chemically, it is amido-acetic acid. Called also glycin, and glycocin..

Glycogen :: Glycogen (n.) A white, amorphous, tasteless substance resembling starch, soluble in water to an opalescent fluid. It is found abundantly in the liver of most animals, and in small quantity in other organs and tissues, particularly in the embryo. It is quickly changed into sugar when boiled with dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, and also by the action of amylolytic ferments..

Glycogenesis :: Glycogenesis (n.) The production or formation of sugar from gycogen, as in the liver..

Glycogenic :: Glycogenic (a.) Pertaining to, or caused by, glycogen; as, the glycogenic function of the liver..

Glycogeny :: Glycogeny (n.) Alt. of Glycogenesi.

Glycol :: Glycol (n.) A thick, colorless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds. It is a diacid alcohol, intermediate between ordinary ethyl alcohol and glycerin..

Glycol :: Glycol (n.) Any one of the large class of diacid alcohols, of which glycol proper is the type..

Glycolic :: Glycolic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid..

Glycolide :: Glycolide (n.) A white amorphous powder, C4H4O, obtained by heating and dehydrating glycolic acid..

Glycoluric :: Glycoluric (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, glycol and urea; as, glycoluric acid, which is called also hydantoic acid..

Glycoluril :: Glycoluril (n.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, obtained by the reduction of allantoin..

Glycolyl :: Glycolyl (n.) A divalent, compound radical, CO.CH2, regarded as the essential radical of glycolic acid, and a large series of related compounds..

Glyconian :: Glyconian (a. & n.) Glyconic.

Glyconic :: Glyconic (a.) Consisting of a spondee, a choriamb, and a pyrrhic; -- applied to a kind of verse in Greek and Latin poetry..

Glyconic :: Glyconic (n.) A glyconic verse.

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