Styph"nic (?), a. [Gr. (spurious)
sty`fein to contract.] (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.
Styph"nic (?), a. [Gr. (spurious)
sty`fein to contract.] (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.
