Benedict's Solution Definition
bĕnĭ-dĭkts
noun
A solution of sodium citrate, sodium carbonate, and copper sulfate that changes from blue to yellow or red in the presence of reducing sugars, such as glucose.
American Heritage Medicine
Origin of Benedict's Solution
After Stanley Rossiter Benedict (1884–1936), American chemist
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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