Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Obtained from coal-tar: as, phenic or carbolic acid. See
carbolic . Alsophenylic .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, phenyl or phenol.
- adjective (Chem.), [Obsoles.] a phenol.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective chemistry Of, relating to, derived from, or resembling,
phenyl orphenol .
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Examples
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Under ordinary circumstances a severe hygiene will suffice to preserve us; if a wound is received it should be washed with water mixed with antiseptics, such as phenic acid, borax, or salicylic acid.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various
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On Sunday, July 26, he died from an injection of phenic acid.
Making Saints 2008
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Even the nurse who injected Brandsma with phenic acid came forward -- with a promise of anonymity from the church tribunal -- to testify that Brandsma had prayed for her as well.
Making Saints 2008
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The material which I have employed is carbolic or phenic acid, a volatile organic compound, which appears to exercise a peculiarly destructive influence upon low forms of life, and hence is the most powerful antiseptic with which we are at present acquainted.
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The material which I have employed is carbolic or phenic acid, a volatile organic compound, which appears to exercise a peculiarly destructive influence upon low forms of life, and hence is the most powerful antiseptic with which we are at present acquainted.
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But the odor of the drugs, iodoform and phenic acid, brought me back to a sense of reality.
The Kreutzer Sonata 2003
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Everybody, according to their doctrine, should isolate himself, and never remove from his mouth a syringe filled with phenic acid
The Kreutzer Sonata 2003
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If two drops of phenic acid are diluted with three thousand to five thousand parts of water, a distinct blue color is produced by one drop of solution of perchloride of iron.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 Various
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The author is uncertain whether to attribute the complete disappearance of the phenomenon to the higher temperature of the season, or to phenic acid, or to fumigation with chlorine.
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The material which I have employed is carbolic or phenic acid, a volatile organic compound, which appears to exercise a peculiarly destructive influence upon low forms of life, and hence is the most powerful antiseptic with which we are at present acquainted.
The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Various
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