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单词 meconoisin
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meconoisinn.

Brit. /ˌmiːkəˈnəʊɪsɪn/, U.S. /ˌmɛkəˈnoʊəs(ə)n/, /ˌmikəˈnoʊəs(ə)n/
Forms: 1800s– meconiasin, 1800s– meconoiosine, 1800s– meconoisin.
Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: meconine n.
Etymology: Probably an alteration of meconine n., with insertion of an arbitrary element (which appears to have varied between -oios- , -ias- , and -ois- ); compare -in suffix1.With the form meconoiosine perhaps compare laudanosine n. The form meconiasin is perhaps remodelled partly after meconia n. N.E.D. (1906) gives the headword spelling meconisin , with the pronunciation (mikǫ·nisin) /miːˈkɒnɪsɪn/, based on a misreading of the form meconoisin in quot. 1890.
Chemistry. Now rare.
A neutral crystalline compound, C8H10O2, present in opium.
ΚΠ
1878 T. Smith & H. Smith in Pharm. Jrnl. & Trans. 8 981/1 The filtered liquid gives a crystallization of meconine, and the mother liquor, when concentrated, and upon being set aside for a time, yields beautiful leaf-like crystalline masses of the body to which we have given the name of Meconoiosine.
1887 T. L. Brunton Text-bk. Pharmacol. (ed. 3) §5. xxxi. 846 The neutral substances [in opium] are meconin and meconiasin.
1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II. 122 Meconoisin, C8H10O2. A crystallizable neutral principle discovered in opium by T. and H. Smith (1878).
1949 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) IX. 115/1 Meconoisin..was isolated by T. and H. Smith in the mother-liquors from the preparation of meconine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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