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a. (Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or composed of, glycocoll and cholic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Glycocholic acid (Physiol. Chem.), a conjugate acid, composed of glycocoll and cholic acid, present in bile in the form of a sodium salt. The acid commonly forms a resinous mass, but can be crystallized in long, white needles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Glycocoll + -in. ] (Physiol. Chem.) Same as Glycocoll. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. glyky`s sweet + ko`lla glue. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in bile united with cholic acid. It is also formed from gelatin by decomposition with acids. Chemically, it is amido-acetic acid. Called also glycin, and glycocin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; sweet + -gen: cf. F. glycogène. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A white, amorphous, tasteless substance resembling starch, soluble in water to an opalescent fluid. It is found abundantly in the liver of most animals, and in small quantity in other organs and tissues, particularly in the embryo. It is quickly changed into sugar when boiled with dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, and also by the action of amylolytic ferments. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Physiol.) The production or formation of sugar from gycogen, as in the liver. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or caused by, glycogen; as, the glycogenic function of the liver.

n. [ Glycerin + -ol. See Glycerin. ] (Chem.) (a) A thick, colorless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds. It is a diacid alcohol, intermediate between ordinary ethyl alcohol and glycerin. (b) Any one of the large class of diacid alcohols, of which glycol proper is the type. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Glycolic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, found naturally in unripe grapes and in the leaves of the wild grape (Ampelopsis quinquefolia), and produced artificially in many ways, as by the oxidation of glycol, -- whence its name. It is a sirupy, or white crystalline, substance, HO.CH2.CO2H, has the properties both of an alcohol and an acid, and is a type of the hydroxy acids; -- called also hydroxyacetic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Glycol + anhydride. ] (Chem.) A white amorphous powder, C4H4O, obtained by heating and dehydrating glycolic acid. [ Written also glycollide. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Glycol + uric. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, glycol and urea; as, glycoluric acid, which is called also hydantoic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Glycolyl + uric. ] (Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, obtained by the reduction of allantoïn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Glycolic + -yl. ] (Chem.) A divalent, compound radical, CO.CH2, regarded as the essential radical of glycolic acid, and a large series of related compounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. Glyconic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; a kind of verse, so called from its inventor, Glycon. ] (Pros.) Consisting of a spondee, a choriamb, and a pyrrhic; -- applied to a kind of verse in Greek and Latin poetry. -- n. (Pros.) A glyconic verse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An emulsion of glycerin and the yolk of eggs, used as an ointment, as a vehicle for medicines, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; sweet + -ose. ] (Physiol. Chem.) One of a class of carbohydrates having from three to nine atoms of carbon in the molecules and having the constitution either of an aldehyde alcohol or of a ketone alcohol. Most glycoses have hydrogen and oxygen present in the proportion to form water, while the number of carbon atoms is usually equal to the number of atoms of oxygen. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Chem.) An organic base, C6H6N4, produced artificially as a white, crystalline powder, by the action of ammonia on glyoxal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; sweet + -meter. ] (Med.) An apparatus for determining the amount of sugar in diabetic urine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]