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Etymology
From alkaloid + -al.
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Adjective
alkaloidal (not comparable)
- (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to alkaloids.
1892, “The Poison of the Toad”, in C. H. Hughes, editor, The Alienist and Neurologist, volume XIII, Reviews, Notes, Etc., page 398:In another letter Dr. Lauder Brunton mentions that an active principle of the toad venom is probably of an alkaloidal nature.
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