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Webster 1913 Edition


Scyllite

Scyl′lite

,
Noun.
(Chem.)
A white crystalline substance of a sweetish taste, resembling inosite and metameric with dextrose. It is extracted from the kidney of the dogfish (of the genus
Scyllium
), the shark, and the skate.

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scyllite

scyllite

English

Noun

scyllite (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) A substance resembling inosite and metameric with dextrose, extracted from the kidney of the dogfish, the shark, and the skate.