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In an inconvertible manner.

An indigo-forming substance, found in urine, and other animal fluids, and convertible into red and blue indigo (urrhodin and uroglaucin). Chemically, it is indoxyl sulphate of potash, C8H6NSO4K, and is derived from the indol formed in the alimentary canal. Called also uroxanthin.

Not digestible; not readily soluble in the digestive juices; not easily convertible into products fitted for absorption.

Capable of being indorsed; transferable; convertible.

nother; as, compound substances may be resolved into others which are more simple; ice is convertible into water, and water into vapor; men are more easily drawn than forced into compliance; we may reduce many distinct substances into one mass; men are led by evidence into belief of truth, and are often enticed into th…

r, as a bond; -- used especially of such government notes, issued as currency, as are not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder. -- Ir`re*deem"a*ble*ness, adv.

hous or crystalline substance, obtained by dehydration of mannite, and distinct from, but convertible into, mannitan.

line substance isomeric with, and obtained from, acetic aldehyde by polymerization, and reconvertible into the same.

The omission of the care usual under the circumstances, being convertible with the Roman culpa. A specialist is bound to higher skill and diligence in his specialty than one who is not a specialist, and liability for negligence varies acordingly. Contributory negligence. See under Contributory.

ontained in the form of granules in the peptic cells of the gastric glands. It is readily convertible into pepsin. Also called propepsin.

A substance convertible into peptone.

ocal terms (Logic), those terms which have the same signification, and, consequently, are convertible, and may be used for each other.

ettle, shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit. Ezek. xliii. 14. Settle bed, a bed convertible into a seat. [Eng.]

, present in the urine together with indican, a colorless substance which by oxidation is convertible into colored bodies.

acter, nor vital force as anything other than a form of physical energy derived from, and convertible into, other well- known forces of nature. -- Vital functions (Physiol.), those functions or actions of the body on which life is directly dependent, as the circulation of the blood, digestion, etc. -- Vital principle…