Styphnic

Styph´nic


a.1.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a yellow crystalline astringent acid, (NO2)3.C6H.(OH)2, obtained by the action of nitric acid on resorcin. Styphnic acid resembles picric acid, but is not bitter. It acts like a strong dibasic acid, having a series of well defined salts.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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