See Also: ellagic(medicine)
ellagic(dictionary)
ellagic acid(medicine)

urochord (iou) and ellagic (medicine)


urochord (iou)



urochord noun. L19.
[from URO-2 + CHORD noun2.]
Zoology.
The notochord of tunicates, corresponding to the primordial spinal column in vertebrates. L19.
= UROCHORDATE noun. L19.

ellagic (medicine)


ellagic
<chemistry> Pertaining to, or derived from, gallnuts or gallic acid; as, ellagic acid.

<chemistry> Ellagic acid, a white crystalline substance, C14H8O9, found in bezoar stones, and obtained by the oxidation of gallic acid.

Origin: F, fr. Galle gall (with the letters reversed).

Source: Websters Dictionary