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<cs><col>Meckelian cartilage</col>, <cd>the cartilaginous rod which forms the axis of the mandible; -- called also <altname>Meckel's cartilage</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Meconate</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Mec"o*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>m\'82conate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of meconic acid.</def>

<h1>Meconic</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Me*con"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ belonging to the poppy, fr. <?/ the poppy: cf. F. <ets>m\'82conique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or obtained from, the poppy or opium; specif. <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, designating an acid related to aconitic acid, found in opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance.</def>

<h1>Meconidine</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Me*con"i*dine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem)</fld> <def>An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a yellow amorphous substance which is easily decomposed.</def>

<h1>Meconidium</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Mec`o*nid"i*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., dim. of Gr. <?/ a poppy. So called in allusion to the shape of the seed capsules of the poppy.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A kind of gonophore produced by hydroids of the genus <spn>Gonothyr\'91a</spn>. It has tentacles, and otherwise resembles a free medusa, but remains attached by a pedicel.</def>

<h1>Meconin</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Mec"o*nin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>m\'82conine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A substance regarded as an anhydride of meconinic acid, existing in opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance. Also erroneously called <i>meconina</i>, <i>meconia</i>, etc., as though it were an alkaloid.</def>

<h1>Meconinic</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Mec`o*nin"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which occurs in opium, and which may be obtained by oxidizing narcotine.</def>

<h1>Meconium</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Me*co"ni*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ poppy.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Opium.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The contents of the fetal intestine; hence, first excrement.</def>

<h1>Medal</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Med"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>m\'82daille</ets>, It. <ets>medaglia</ets>, fr. L. <ets>metallum</ets> metal, through (assumed) LL. <ets>metalleus</ets> made of metal. See <er>Metal</er>, and cf. <er>Mail</er> a piece of money.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Medal</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Med"al</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Medaled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>, or <er>Medalled</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Medaling</er> or <er>Medalling</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To honor or reward with a medal.</def> "<i>Medaled</i> by the king."

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<h1>Medalet</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Med"al*et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A small medal.</def>

<h1>Medalist</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Med"al*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>m\'82dailliste</ets>, It. <ets>medaglista</ets>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>medallist</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A person that is skilled or curious in medals; a collector of medals.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A designer of medals.</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>