Meconate
(Mec"o*nate) n. [Cf. F. méconate.] (Chem.) A salt of meconic acid.
Meconic
(Me*con"ic) a. [Gr. belonging to the poppy, fr. the poppy: cf. F. méconique.] Pertaining to, or
obtained from, the poppy or opium; specif. (Chem.), designating an acid related to aconitic acid, found
in opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
Meconidine
(Me*con"i*dine) n. (Chem) An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a yellow amorphous
substance which is easily decomposed.
Meconidium
(||Mec`o*nid"i*um) n. [NL., dim. of Gr. a poppy. So called in allusion to the shape of the
seed capsules of the poppy.] (Zoöl.) A kind of gonophore produced by hydroids of the genus Gonothyræa.
It has tentacles, and otherwise resembles a free medusa, but remains attached by a pedicel.
Meconin
(Mec"o*nin) n. [Cf. F. méconine.] (Chem.) A substance regarded as an anhydride of meconinic
acid, existing in opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance. Also erroneously called meconina,
meconia, etc., as though it were an alkaloid.
Meconinic
(Mec`o*nin"ic) a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which occurs in opium, and
which may be obtained by oxidizing narcotine.
Meconium
(||Me*co"ni*um) n. [L., fr. Gr. fr. poppy.] (Med.) (a) Opium. [Obs.] (b) The contents of
the fetal intestine; hence, first excrement.
Medal
(Med"al) n. [F. médaille, It. medaglia, fr. L. metallum metal, through (assumed) LL. metalleus
made of metal. See Metal, and cf. Mail a piece of money.] A piece of metal in the form of a coin,
struck with a device, and intended to preserve the remembrance of a notable event or an illustrious
person, or to serve as a reward.
Medal
(Med"al), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Medaled or Medalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Medaling or Medalling.]
To honor or reward with a medal. "Medaled by the king." Thackeray.
Medalet
(Med"al*et) n. A small medal.
Medalist
(Med"al*ist), n. [Cf. F. médailliste, It. medaglista.] [Written also medallist.]
1. A person that is skilled or curious in medals; a collector of medals. Addison.
2. A designer of medals. Macaulay.
3. One who has gained a medal as the reward of merit.
Medallic
(Me*dal"lic) a. Of or pertaining to a medal, or to medals. "Our medallic history." Walpole.
Medallion
(Me*dal"lion) n. [F. médaillion, It. medaglione, augm. of medaglia. See Medal.]
1. A large medal or memorial coin.
2. A circular or oval (or, sometimes, square) tablet bearing a figure or figures represented in relief.
