ARISTO LOC HIC

adj. A?r-i?s’’to-lo*k’i#k. For deriv., see ARISTOLOCHIA. Lat., aristo loc hic us, Fr., uristolochique. Ger., aristolochisch. It., aristolochico. Sp., aristolôquico. 1, Having power to expel the placenta and excite the lochia. 2. Of or pertaining to the genus Aristolochia. [B; L, 41,50.]—A. acid. Fr., acide aristo loch i que. Ger., Aristolochiasäure, Aristo loch insäure. It., acido aristolochico. Sp., dcido aristolôquico. A volatile acid, CaH,20,1, obtained from the root of the Aristolochia ctematitis. It bas not been obtained in a chemically pure state, and its existence as an independent chemical compound has been denied. [B, 2, 196, 207.]