See Also: meconidine(medicine)

inclemency (iou) and meconidine (medicine)


inclemency (iou)



inclemency noun. M16.
[Latin inclementia, from inclement-: see INCLEMENT, -ENCY.]
Severity of weather or climate; (an instance of) severe, esp. cold or stormy, weather. M16.
Lack of clemency of disposition; pitilessness. L16-M17.

meconidine (medicine)


meconidine
<chemistry> An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a yellow amorphous substance which is easily decomposed.

Source: Websters Dictionary