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styphnic

Pertaining to, or designating, a yellow crystalline astringent acid, (NO

.(OH)

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.

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