FORMIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does formic mean? 

• FORMIC (adjective)
  The adjective FORMIC has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to or derived from ants

2. of or containing or derived from formic acid

  Familiarity information: FORMIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORMIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or derived from ants

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

ant (social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or containing or derived from formic acid

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

formic acid (a colorless pungent fuming vesicatory liquid acid HCOOH found naturally in ants and many plants or made catalytically from carbon monoxide and steam; used in finishing textiles and paper and in the manufacture of insecticides and fumigants)

 Context examples 

Fomepizole prevents the metabolism of ethylene glycol and methanol by alcohol dehydrogenase, thereby inhibiting the formation of their toxic metabolites, glycolate and oxalate (from ethylene glycol), and formic acid (from methanol).

(Fomepizole, NCI Thesaurus)

Nondigestible in mammals, lactulose passes unabsorbed down to the large intestine where resident bacteria consume it and produce lactic, acetic, and formic acids, which draw fluid into the bowel to soften the stool (laxative effect).

(Lactulose, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is nonmotile, has an elliptical shape, ferments glucose to yield lactic acid, acetic acid and formic acid, does not produce gas from glucose fermentation, is indole negative, and does not reduce nitrate.

(Atopobium minutum, NCI Thesaurus)