See Also: Schaer's reagent(medicine)
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Schaer's reagent (medicine) and avulsion (iou)


Schaer's reagent (medicine)


Schaer's reagent


An alcoholic or aqueous solution of chloral hydrate used as an extraction medium in investigations of alkaloids.


avulsion (iou)



avulsion noun. E17.
[French, or Latin avulsio(n-), formed as AVULSE: see -ION.]
The action of pulling off or tearing away; forcible separation. E17.
A part torn off; a detached portion. L17.
Law. The sudden removal of land by a change in the course of a river, flood-water, etc., to another person's estate (the land remaining the property of the original owner: cf. ALLUVION 4). M19.