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Absorbent :: Absorbent (n.) Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts..

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

Ricinoleic :: Ricinoleic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a fatty acid analogous to oleic acid, obtained from castor oil as an oily substance, C/H/O/ with a harsh taste. Formerly written ricinolic..

Saleratus :: Saleratus (n.) Aerated salt; a white crystalline substance having an alkaline taste and reaction, consisting of sodium bicarbonate (see under Sodium.) It is largely used in cooking, with sour milk (lactic acid) or cream of tartar as a substitute for yeast. It is also an ingredient of most baking powders, and is used in the preparation of effervescing drinks..

Salicylate :: Salicylate (n.) A salt of salicylic acid.

Fowler''s Solution :: Fowler's solution () An aqueous solution of arsenite of potassium, of such strength that one hundred parts represent one part of arsenious acid, or white arsenic; -- named from Fowler, an English physician who first brought it into use..

Tachylyte :: Tachylyte (n.) A vitreous form of basalt; -- so called because decomposable by acids and readily fusible.

Isonicotinic :: Isonicotinic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid isomeric with nicotinic acid..

Hexacid :: Hexacid (a.) Having six atoms or radicals capable of being replaced by acids; hexatomic; hexavalent; -- said of bases; as, mannite is a hexacid base..

Hydrocarbostyril :: Hydrocarbostyril (n.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous hydrocarbon, C9H9NO, obtained from certain derivatives of cinnamic acid and closely related to quinoline and carbostyril..

Valerin :: Valerin (n.) A salt of valeric acid with glycerin, occurring in butter, dolphin oil., and forming an forming an oily liquid with a slightly unpleasant odor..

Hyposulphate :: Hyposulphate (n.) A salt of hyposulphuric acid.

Permanganic :: Permanganic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, one of the higher acids of manganese, HMnO4, which forms salts called permanganates..

Sulphamide :: Sulphamic (a.) Of or pertaining to a sulphamide; derived from, or related to, a sulphamide; specifically, designating an amido acid derivative, NH2.SO2.OH, of sulphuric acid (analogous to sulphonic acid) which is not known in the free state, but is known in its salts..

Alloxantin :: Alloxantin (n.) A substance produced by acting upon uric with warm and very dilute nitric acid.

Rutate :: Rutate (n.) A salt of rutic acid.

Rosacic :: Rosacic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (called also lithic acid) found in certain red precipitates of urine. See Uric..

Periodic :: Periodic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HIO/) of iodine..

Laurate :: Laurate (n.) A salt of lauric acid.

Sinapoleic :: Sinapoleic (a.) Of or pertaining to mustard oil; specifically, designating an acid of the oleic acid series said to occur in mistard oil..

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