Honey

Introduction: Honey

Description of Honey

Honey: (1) Clarified honey, a saccharine substance deposited in the honeycomb by the honeybee, Apis mellifera; used as an excipient, as a flavor in gargles and cough remedies, and as a food. (2) In veterinary medicine, used as a wound or burn dressing. SYN: mel (1). [A.S. hunig]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Honey: A sweet viscous liquid food, produced in the honey sacs of various bees from nectar collected from flowers. The nectar is ripened into honey by inversion of its sucrose sugar into fructose and glucose. It is somewhat acidic and has mild antiseptic properties, being sometimes used in the treatment of burns and lacerations.
Source: MeSH 2007

Honey: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Honey:

• Saccharine
• Substance
• Excipient
• Flavor
• Cough (1407 causes)
• Cough symptoms (1407 causes)
• Food
• Food symptoms (1907 causes)

Hierarchical classifications of Honey

The following list attempts to classify Honey into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Food and Beverages
  • Food
    • Honey

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