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Definition of Gallein
1. Noun. (organic compound) A red crystalline dyestuff obtained by heating pyrogallic acid and phthalic acid together. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gallein
1. a green dye [n -S]
Medical Definition of Gallein
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gallein
Literary usage of Gallein
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Indicators and Test-papers: Their Source, Preparation, Application, and by Alfred Isaac Cohn (1902)
"Acids, even sulphurous, precipitate the gallein from the solution unchanged. ...
With alumina and chromium oxide gallein forms grayish-violet, ..."
2. American Druggist (1888)
"gallein has been recommended several years ago already as an exceedingly delicate
... A small quantity of gallein added to alkaline solutions renders them ..."
3. On the Constitution of Galleïn and Coeruleïn by Charles Edward Brewer (1900)
"Attempts were made to reduce gallein by means of hydrogen sulphide. ... An alcoholic
solution of gallein remains unchanged when treated with sulphur dioxide ..."
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