01 a. Containing saccharine matter; marked by saccharine secretions; as, mellitic diabetes.
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Containing saccharine matter; marked by saccharine secretions; as, mellitic diabetes.(Chem.)
Phrases & compounds
Mellitic acid —
a white, crystalline, organic substance, C6(CO2H)6, occurring naturally in combination with aluminium in the mineral mellite, and produced artificially by the oxidation of coal, graphite, etc., and hence called also graphitic acid.