a. [f. prec. + -AL 1.] Of the nature of an alkaloid; pertaining to alkaloids.
1879. in Syd. Soc. Lex.
1880. B. Dyer, in Daily News, 7 Oct., 6/7. The fact that the poisonous effects are sometimes produced by well-cooked as well as by imperfectly-cooked meat would rather point to the alkaloidal theory.
1882. T. Stevenson, in Echo, 11 March, 3/2. The first alkaloidal extract contained more alkaloid than was accounted for by the morphia.
