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Webster 1913 Edition

Leuc-

Leuc-

(lūk-)

p

ref.

Same as

.

{

Leu′co-

(lū′kō̍-)

,

Leuc-

(lūk-)

. }

p

ref.

[Gr.

λευκόσ

white.]

A combining form signifying white, colorless; specif.

(Chem.)

, denoting an extensive series of colorless organic compounds, obtained by reduction from certain other colored compounds;

as,

leuc

aniline,

leuc

aurin, etc.