picric acid

picric acid
Has been used as an application in burns, eczema, erysipelas, and pruritus. SYN: carbazotic acid, nitroxanthic acid. [G. pikros, bitter]

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pic·ric acid .pik-rik- n a bitter toxic explosive yellow crystalline strong acid C6H3N3O7 used esp. as a dye or biological stain, as an antiseptic, and as a precipitant for organic bases and polycyclic hydrocarbons called also trinitrophenol

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a yellow crystalline solid used as a dye and as a tissue fixative.

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pic·ric ac·id (pikґrik) trinitrophenol.

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  • picric acid — Nitrophnol Ni tro*ph nol, n. [Nitro + phenol.] (Chem.) Any one of a series of nitro derivatives of phenol. They are yellow oily or crystalline substances and have well defined acid properties, as {picric acid}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • picric acid — pikro rūgštis statusas T sritis chemija formulė C₆H₂(OH)(NO₂)₃ atitikmenys: angl. picric acid rus. пикриновая кислота ryšiai: sinonimas – 2,4,6 trinitrofenolis …   Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

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  • picric acid — [ pɪkrɪk] noun Chemistry a bitter yellow compound obtained by nitrating phenol, used as a dye and in the manufacture of explosives. Origin C19: picric from Gk pikros bitter + ic …   English new terms dictionary

  • picric acid — noun 2,4,6 trinitrophenol, CH(NO), prepared by the nitration of phenol or of aspirin; a toxic, yellow, explosive substance used in dyes, explosives, and as an antiseptic …   Wiktionary

  • picric acid — pic′ric ac′id [[t]ˈpɪk rɪk[/t]] n. chem. a yellow, crystalline, water soluble, intensely bitter, poisonous acid, C6H3N3O7, used chiefly in explosives • Etymology: 1850–55; < Gk pikr(ós) bitter + ic …   From formal English to slang

  • picric acid — /pɪkrɪk ˈæsəd/ (say pikrik asuhd) noun an intensely bitter yellow acid, 2,4,6 trinitrophenol, C6H2OH(NO2)3, used as a dye and an explosive. {Greek pikros bitter + ic} …  

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