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amylic

[ uh-mil-ik ]

/ əˈmɪl ɪk /

adjective

of, relating to, or characterized by the amyl group.

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Origin of amylic

First recorded in 1855–60; amyl + -ic

Words nearby amylic

amylaceous, amylase, amylase-creatinine clearance ratio, amylasuria, amylene, amylic, amylin, amylo-, amylo-1,6-glucosidase, amylogen, amylogenesis

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Example sentences from the Web for amylic

For the detection of magenta the filtrate is mixed with a few drops of acetic acid, and it is then shaken up with amylic alcohol.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II|Arnold Cooley
Amylic Alcohol dissolves all the alkaloids, if they are in a free state, and it also takes up a little of the resin.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth
The filtrate, if shaken up with amylic alcohol, gives it in either case a red color.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883|Various
It is soluble in amylic alcohol, scarcely so in absolute alcohol.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines|T. H. Pardo de Tavera

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