Definition of Phenic

1. a. Of, pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, phenyl or phenol.

Definition of Phenic

1. pertaining to phene [adj] - See also: phene

Medical Definition of Phenic

1. Of, pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, phenyl or phenol. Phenic acid, a phenol. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phenic

phenetol
phenetole
phenetoles
phenetols
phenetsal
pheneturide
phenformin
phenformin hydrochloride
phengite
phengites
phenglutarimide
phenglutarimide hydrochloride
phengodid
phengodids
phengophobia
phenic (current term)
phenicarbazide
phenicine
phenicopter
phenindamine
phenindamine tartrate
phenindione
pheniprazine
pheniramine
pheniramine maleate
phenix
phenixes
phenmethylol
phenmetrazine
phenmetrazine hydrochloride

Literary usage of Phenic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1867)
"If a splinter of deal be dipped into a solution of phenic acid, and then, into nitric or hydrochloric acid, the wood as it dries becomes blue. ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1889)
"Yet the patient lived until March 24th, a month longer, having suffered greatly from nausea and vomiting. ON THE ACTION OF phenic GLYCERINE IN HYPER. ..."

3. Elements of Chemistry: For the Use of Colleges, Academies, and Schools by Victor Regnault (1853)
"This oil, which is phenic acid, and becomes solid at a low temperature, is also formed in the ... Chlorine acts readily on phenic acid, and the following ..."

4. Elements of Chemistry by Victor Regnault, James Curtis Booth, William L. Faber (1865)
"phenic ACID ... Chlorine acts readily on phenic acid, and the following phenic acids have thus been obtained: ..."

5. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal (1866)
"4—phenic Acid; its Therapeutical Use and Hygienic Relations. ... Commercial phenic acid is a yellow or light brown fluid, containing 4—6 p. c impurities. ..."

6. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1867)
"ON phenic ACID IN SKIN DISEASES. [Mr. WILLIAM HARDING of Percy Street, Bedford Square, writes as follows:] I am very much inclined to think that the liquor ..."

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