meconate Chem.
(ˈmiːkənət)
Earlier meconiate.
[f. mecon-ic + -ate.]
A salt of meconic acid.
| 1833 Lond. & Edinb. Philos. Mag. II. 156 These crystals are brownish, and consist of meconine, meconiates, and other substances. 1836 J. M. Gully Magendie's Formul. (ed. 2) 38 To separate the meconate of lime. 1874 Garrod & Baxter Mat. Med. (1880) 192 The meconate and lactate of morphia and codeia. |