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stance obtained as an anhydride of alanine, and regarded as an imido derivative of lactic acid.

One of a series of organic compounds, regarded as anhydrides of certain hydroxy acids. In general, they are colorless liquids, having a weak aromatic odor. They are so called because the typical lactone is derived from lactic acid.

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of milk sugar (lactose).

Pertaining to, or derived from, the juice of the Lactuca virosa; -- said of certain acids.

Pertaining to, or designating, an organic amido acid, which is regarded as a derivative of lactic acid and urea.

An organic residue or radical derived from lactic acid.

A supposed salt of lampic acid. [Obs.]

Pertaining to, or produced by, a lamp; -- formerly said of a supposed acid.

A peculiar fatlike body, made up of cholesterin and certain fatty acids, found in feathers, hair, wool, and keratin tissues generally.

t of an East Indian tree (Lansium domesticum). It has a fleshy pulp, with an agreeable subacid taste. Balfour.

Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic acid of the uric acid group, obtained by the decomposition of allantoin, and usually called allanturic acid.

A peculiar amyloid substance, colored blue by iodine and sulphuric acid, occurring mainly as an abnormal infiltration into the spleen, liver, etc.

Of, or derived from, the larch (Larix); as, larixinic acid.

crises of fevers, and at the termination of gouty paroxysms. It usually consists of uric acid or urates with some coloring matter.

x tubes). It contains the peculiar principles of the plants, whether aromatic, bitter, or acid, and in many instances yields caoutchouc upon coagulation.

A salt of lauric acid.

water, water distilled from the fresh leaves of the cherry laurel, and containing prussic acid and other products carried over in the process. American laurel, or Mountain laurel, Kalmia latifolia. See under Mountain. -- California laurel, Umbellularia Californica. -- Cherry laurel (in England called laurel). See und…

Pertaining to, or derived from, the European bay or laurel (Laurus nobilis). Lauric acid (Chem.), a white, crystalline substance, C12H24O2, resembling palmitic acid, and obtained from the fruit of the bay tree, and other sources.

aurus nobilis), and consisting of a complex mixture of glycerin ethers of several organic acids.

The ketone of lauric acid.