syrup

(sirup) [L. syru’ pus, siru’ pus; Arabic shard]. A concentrated aqueous solution of sugar, often medicated. The official syrups are described under the drug with which they are medicated, as rhubarb, squill, etc. brown 8. (L. s. commu’nis, s. fus'cus), mola es or treacle. croup 8., compound syrup of squill. 8. of Dover’s powder, syrup of ipecac and opium. Easton’s 8., syrup of phosphate of iron, quinin, and_ strychnin. hive 8., compound syrup of squills. Jackson's pectoral 8. See pectoral s. pectoral s., syrup of acacia flavored with sa afras and containing ds gr. of morphin sulphate in every dram. simple s., white s. (L. syru’pus or s. sim’ plex), a solution of white sucrose (cane or beet-sugar) in water. - ᾿