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- English Word Glycerine Definition An oily, viscous liquid, C3H5(OH)3, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called glycerol. See Note under Gelatin.
- English Word Glycerite Definition A medicinal preparation made by mixing or dissolving a substance in glycerin.
- English Word Glycerol Definition Same as Glycerin.
- English Word Glyceryl Definition A compound radical, C3H5, regarded as the essential radical of glycerin. It is metameric with allyl. Called also propenyl.
- English Word Glycide Definition A colorless liquid, obtained from certain derivatives of glycerin, and regarded as a partially dehydrated glycerin; -- called also glycidic alcohol.
- English Word Glycidic Definition Pertaining to, or derived from, glycide; as, glycidic acid.
- English Word Glycin Definition Same as Glycocoll.
- English Word Glycocholate Definition A salt of glycocholic acid; as, sodium glycocholate.
- English Word Glycocholic Definition Pertaining to, or composed of, glycocoll and cholic acid.
- English Word Glycocin Definition Same as Glycocoll.
- English Word Glycocoll Definition A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in bile united with cholic acid. It is also formed from gelatin by decomposition with acids. Chemically, it is amido-acetic acid. Called also glycin, and glycocin.
- English Word Glycogen Definition A white, amorphous, tasteless substance resembling starch, soluble in water to an opalescent fluid. It is found abundantly in the liver of most animals, and in small quantity in other organs and tissues, particularly in the embryo. It is quickly changed into sugar when boiled with dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, and also by the action of amylolytic ferments.
- English Word Glycogenesis Definition The production or formation of sugar from gycogen, as in the liver.
- English Word Glycogenic Definition Pertaining to, or caused by, glycogen; as, the glycogenic function of the liver.
- English Word Glycogeny Definition Alt. of Glycogenesis
- English Word Glycol Definition A thick, colorless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds. It is a diacid alcohol, intermediate between ordinary ethyl alcohol and glycerin.
- English Word Glycol Definition Any one of the large class of diacid alcohols, of which glycol proper is the type.
- English Word Glycolic Definition Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid.
- English Word Glycolide Definition A white amorphous powder, C4H4O, obtained by heating and dehydrating glycolic acid.
- English Word Glycoluric Definition Pertaining to, derived from, glycol and urea; as, glycoluric acid, which is called also hydantoic acid.
- English Word Glycoluril Definition A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, obtained by the reduction of allantoin.
- English Word Glycolyl Definition A divalent, compound radical, CO.CH2, regarded as the essential radical of glycolic acid, and a large series of related compounds.
- English Word Glyconian Definition Glyconic.
- English Word Glyconic Definition Consisting of a spondee, a choriamb, and a pyrrhic; -- applied to a kind of verse in Greek and Latin poetry.
- English Word Glyconic Definition A glyconic verse.
- English Word Glyconin Definition An emulsion of glycerin and the yolk of eggs, used as an ointment, as a vehicle for medicines, etc.
- English Word Glycosine Definition An organic base, C6H6N4, produced artificially as a white, crystalline powder, by the action of ammonia on glyoxal.
- English Word Glycosuria Definition Same as Glucosuria.
- English Word Glycyrrhiza Definition A genus of papilionaceous herbaceous plants, one species of which (G. glabra), is the licorice plant, the roots of which have a bittersweet mucilaginous taste.
- English Word Glycyrrhiza Definition The root of Glycyrrhiza glabra (liquorice root), used as a demulcent, etc.