Meanings
- uncountablechemistrySynonym of nosophen.
Classen and Löb represent the 4 iodine atoms in tetraiodophenolphthalein as replacing 2 hydrogen atoms in each of the phenol residues.
1918, William Ridgely Orndorff, Samuel Arthur Mahood, Tetraiodophenolphthalein and Tetraidophenoltetrachlorophthalein and Some of Their Derivatives, page 9521 more example
Sproull reported […] satisfactory results from the oral administration of plain tetraiodophenolphthalein without capsules, mixed with cold, cooked breakfast cereal, without fats.
1928, United States Naval Medical Bulletin, volume 26, page 980Synonyms: nosophen
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of nosophen.
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