meconic, a. Chem.
(miːˈkɒnɪk)
[f. Gr. µήκων poppy + -ic.]
meconic acid: a white crystalline acid obtained from opium. So meconic ether.
| 1819 J. G. Children Chem. Anal. 277 Meconic acid is obtained from opium. 1865 Watts Dict. Chem. III. 861 Meconic Ethers. 1884 Bower & Scott De Bary's Phaner. 184 Morphin combined with meconic acid in opium. |