- tropeic
- tropeic, a. Ichth.
(trəʊˈpiːɪk)[f. Gr. τρόπις keel + -ic.]Applied to the ventral fold in certain sharks.in Funk's Stand. Dict.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
tropeic
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tropeic — adj. [Gr. tropis, keel] Resembling a keel; cariniform … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
tropeic acid — SYN: tropic acid … Medical dictionary
cariniform — adj. [L. carina, keel; forma, shape] Keel shaped; tropeic … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
tropic acid — A constituent of atropine and of scopolamine, in which it is esterified through its COOH to the 3 CHOH of tropine. SYN: tropaic acid, tropeic acid. * * * trop·ic acid .träp ik n a crystalline acid C9H10O3 obtained by hydrolysis of atropine * * *… … Medical dictionary
