a. Chem. [f. THEB-AIC a.2 + LACTIC.] In thebolactic acid: see quots. Hence Thebolactate, a salt of this acid.
1867. N. Syd. Soc. Bienn. Retrospect, 477. Messrs. T. and H. Smith give directions for the preparation of thebolactic acid, a new body discovered by them in opium…. The process depends on the ready solubility of the thebolactate of lime.
1874. Garrod & Baxter, Mat. Med. (1880), 191. Thebolactic acid (C3H6O3), isomeric, or perhaps identical with lactic acid. Turkey opium contains 2 per cent. of it.
