| valeric acid | CH3(CH2)3COOH;normal aliphatic acid; distilled from valerian; some of its salts are used in medicine; found in human colon. Synonym: pentanoic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| valeridine | <chemistry> A base, C10H19N, produced by heating valeric aldehyde with ammonia. It is probably related to the conine alkaloids. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| valerin | <chemistry> A salt of valeric acid with glycerin, occurring in butter, dolphin oil, and forming an forming an oily liquid with a slightly unpleasant odour. Origin: Valeric + glycerin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| valeritrine | <chemistry> A base, C15H27N, produced together with valeridine, which it resembles. Origin: Valeric + iropine + -ine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| valero- | <chemistry, prefix> A combining form (also used adjectively) indicating derivation from, or relation to, valerian or some of its products, as valeric acid; as in valerolactone, a colourless oily liquid produced as the anhydride of an hydroxy valeric acid. (29 Oct 1998) |
| valerone | <chemistry> A ketone of valeric acid obtained as an oily liquid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| valeryl | <chemistry> The hypothetical radical C5H9O, regarded as the essential nucleus of certain valeric acid derivatives. Origin: Valeric + -yl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| valerylene | <chemistry> A liquid hydrocarbon, C5H8. Synonym: pentine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| valet | 1. A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on gentleman's person; a body servant. 2. A kind of goad or stick with a point of iron. Valet de chambre [F], a body servant, or personal attendant. Origin: F. Valet, OF. Vallet, varlet, vaslet. See Varlet, and Vassal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| valethamate bromide | 2-Diethylaminoethyl 3-methyl-2-phenylvalerate methylbromide;an anticholinergic agent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| valetudinarian | Of infirm health; seeking to recover health; sickly; weakly; infirm. "My feeble health and valetudinarian stomach." (Coleridge) "The virtue which the world wants is a healthful virtue, not a valetudinarian virtue." (Macaulay) Origin: L. Valetudinarius, from valetudo state of health, health, ill health, fr. Valere to be strong or well: cf. F. Valetudinaire. See Valiant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| valetudinarianism | A weak or infirm state due to invalidism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| valgoid | Relating to valgus; knock-kneed; suffering from talipes valgus. Origin: L. Valgus, bowlegged, + G. Eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000) |
| valgus | An abnormal position in which part of a limb is twisted outward away from the midline, opposite of varus. (27 Sep 1997) |
| valhalla | 1. The palace of immortality, inhabited by the souls of heroes slain in battle. 2. A hall or temple adorned with statues and memorials of a nation's heroes; specifically, the Pantheon near Ratisbon, in Bavaria, consecrated to the illustrious dead of all Germany. Origin: Icel. Valholl, literally, hall of the slain; valr the slain (akin to AS. Wael, OHG. Wal battlefield, wuol defeat, slaughter, AS. Wol pestilence) + holl a royal hall. See Hall, and cf. Walhalla Alternative forms: walhalla. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |