glycocoll Chem.
(ˈglaɪkəkɒl, ˈglɪkəkɒl)
Also glycicol(l, glykokoll.
[f. glyco- + Gr. κόλλα glue; perh. suggested by the sound of glycocholic.]
A crystalline substance contained in bile and formed when glycocholic acid and hydrochloric acid are boiled together. Also called gelatin-sugar.
| 1840–2 Turner's Elem. Chem. (ed. 7) iii. 1193 Gelatine sugar or glycicoll. 1848 Fownes Man. Chem. (ed. 2) 542 Glycocoll. 1872 Thudichum Chem. Phys. 18 Glykokoll appears in an excretion as hippuric acid. |