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picric acid , picric (chem.) p. acid. f. Gr. pikrós bitter + -IC.
picric acid (trinitrophenol) (pik-rik) n. a yellow crystalline solid used as a dye and as a tissu… stearin , stearin •tannin •antivenin, Lenin •Kalinin • linen • bedlinen •underlinen • feminine •Cronin, phone-in, ronin, serotonin •Bakunin • run-in • melanin… Prussian blue , prussic pert. to or derived from Prussian blue, which was so called from having been discovered (1704) by Diesbach, a Berlin colourmaker; p. acid hyd… paregoric , paregoric assuaging pain XVII; sb. for p. elixir camphorated tincture of opium XIX. — late L. parēgoricus — Gr. parēgorikós encouraging, soothing, f.… Ethanoic Acid , ethanoic acid (acetic acid) Colourless, corrosive liquid (CH3COOH) made by the oxidation of ethanol, either by catalysis or by the action of bacteria… Citric Acid , OVERVIEW
Citric acid (SIT-rik AS-id) is also known as 2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid and β-hydroxytricarballylic acid. It is a common cons…
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