| meat | 1. Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg. "And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, . . . To you it shall be for meat." (Gen. I. 29) "Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you." (Gen. Ix. 3) 2. The flesh of animals used as food; especially, animal muscle; as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat. 3. Specifically, dinner; the chief meal. Meat biscuit. See Biscuit. <chemical> Meat earth, vegetable mold. Meat fly. <zoology> An offering of food, especially. Of a cake made of flour with salt and oil. To go to meat, to go to a meal. To sit at meat, to sit at the table in taking food. Origin: OE. Mete, AS. Mete; akin to OS. Mat, meti, D. Met hashed meat, G. Mettwurst sausage, OHG. Maz food, Icel. Matr, Sw. Mat, Dan. Mad, Goth. Mats. Cf. Mast fruit, Mush. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| meat-packing industry | The aggregate enterprise of technically producing packaged meat. (12 Dec 1998) |
| meat products | Articles of food which are derived by a process of manufacture from any portion of carcasses of any animal used for food (e.g., head cheese, sausage, scrapple). (12 Dec 1998) |
| duck's-meat | <botany> Duckweed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| alcoholic extract | A solid extract obtained by extracting the alcohol-soluble principles of a drug, followed by the evaporation of the alcohol. (05 Mar 2000) |
| allergenic extract | Extract (usually containing protein) from various sources, e.g., food, bacteria, pollen, and the like, suspected of specific action in stimulating manifestations of allergy; may be used for skin testing or desensitization. Synonym: allergic extract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| allergic extract | Extract (usually containing protein) from various sources, e.g., food, bacteria, pollen, and the like, suspected of specific action in stimulating manifestations of allergy; may be used for skin testing or desensitization. Synonym: allergic extract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| belladonna extract | A powdered extract from the leaves and/or roots of Atropa belladonna; used to formulate various pharmaceutical dosage forms. Contains the alkaloids of belladonna (atropine and scopolamine) and has been used in the treatment of ulcers, diarrhoea, and parkinsonism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Buchner extract | A cell-free extract of yeast, such as was prepared by Eduard and Hans Buchner and observed to catalyze alcoholic fermentation; this observation essentially eliminated "vitalism" as being responsible for biological chemical reactions and initiated the beginnings of modern biochemistry (enzymology). (05 Mar 2000) |
| cell-free extract | <cell culture> A liquid that is a mixture of the contents of a particular type of cell, sometimes the organelles are also filtered out of the liquid. (26 Mar 1998) |
| goulards extract | <medicine> An aqueous solution of the subacetate of lead, used as a lotion in cases of inflammation. Goulard's cerate is a cerate containing this extract. Origin: Named after the introducer, Thomas Goulard, a French surgeon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pollen extract | Liquid obtained by extracting the protein from the pollen of plants used for diagnostic testing or treatment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hydroalcoholic extract | A solid extract obtained by extracting the soluble principles of the drug with alcohol and water, followed by evaporation of the solution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| equivalent extract | A fluidextract of the same strength, weight for weight, as the original drug. Synonym: valoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extract | <pharmacology> A concentrated preparation of a vegetable or animal drug obtained by removing the active constituents therefrom with a suitable menstruum, evaporating all or nearly all the solvent and adjusting the residual mass or powder to a prescribed standard. Extracts are prepared in three forms, semiliquid or of syrupy consistency, pilular or solid and as dry powder. Origin: L. Extractum (18 Nov 1997) |