Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as formate.

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Examples

  • They are all equal: formiate or bi-chlorhydrate (quinine dihydrochloride).

    Chapter 4 1993

  • They are all equal (formiate, sulphate, chlorhydrate, bi-chlorhydrate), except for bi-sulphate which is weaker and thus needs its own special dose.

    Chapter 4 1993

  • I carried, as usual, very little medicine -- merely three gallons of castor oil, a few bottles of iodine, some formiate of quinine, strong carbolic and arsenical soaps, permanganate and other powerful disinfectants, caustic -- that was about all.

    Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

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