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Webster 1913 Edition


Saccholactic

Sacˊcho-lac′tic

,
Adj.
[L.
saccharon
sugar +
lac
,
lactis
, milk.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid now called mucic acid; saccholic.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Saccholactic

SACCHOLAC'TIC

,
Adj.
[L. saccharum, sugar, and lac, milk.]
A term in the new chimistry, denoting an acid obtained from the sugar of milk; now called mucic acid.

Definition 2024


saccholactic

saccholactic

English

Adjective

saccholactic (not comparable)

  1. (chemistry, obsolete) Designating a kind of acid, prepared from sugar of milk.

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