a. Chem. [Factitiously formed by transposing the syllables of meconic.] In Comenic Acid, a dibasic acid, C6 H4 O5, crystallizing in light yellow prisms: a product of the decomposition of meconic acid, hence called para- and meta-meconic acid.
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1876. Harley, Mat. Med., 766.
