Defn: A white or buff-colored granular powder,
MELAMINE
Me*lam"ine, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A strong nitrogenous base, C3H6N6, produced from several cyanogen compounds, and obtained as a white crystalline substance, — formerly supposed to be produced by the decomposition of melam. Called also cyanuramide.
MELAMPODE
Mel"am*pode, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: The black hellebore. [Obs.] Spenser.
MELAMPYRIN; MELAMPYRITE
Mel`am*py"rin, Mel`am*py"rite, n. Etym: [NL. Melampyrum cowwheat; Gr.
(Chem.)
Defn: The saccharine substance dulcite; — so called because found in the leaves of cowwheat (Melampyrum). See Dulcite.
MELANAEMIA
Mel`a*næ"mi*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A morbid condition in which the blood contains black pigment either floating freely or imbedded in the white blood corpuscles.
MELANAGOGUE
Me*lan"a*gogue, n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)