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pinacone(dictionary)

coctile (iou) and pinacone (medicine)


coctile (iou)



coctile adjective. L17.
[Latin coctilis baked, burnt, from coct- pa. ppl stem of coquere to cook: see -ILE.]
Of baked brick; baked.

pinacone (medicine)


pinacone
<chemistry> A white crystalline substance related to the glycols, and made from acetone; hence, by extension, any one of a series of substances of which pinacone proper is the type.

Alternative forms: pinakone.

Origin: From Gr, a tablet. So called because it unites with water so as to form tablet-shaped crystals.

Source: Websters Dictionary