ˌmetameˈconic, a. Chem.
[meta- 2 a.]
= comenic. Hence ˌmetaˈmeconate, a salt of metameconic acid.
| 1836 Brande Chem. (ed. 4) 1021 [If the crystals of meconic acid are] boiled in water, carbonic acid is evolved, the solution becomes brown, and metameconic acid is formed. Ibid. 1022 The neutral metameconates of ammonia and potassa. |