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CIDE DICTIONARY

stryphnic

CIDE DICTIONARY

stryphnica. [Gr. astringent.].
     Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid, obtained by the action of acetic acid and potassium nitrite on uric acid, as a yellow crystalline substance, with a bitter, astringent taste.  [1913 Webster]

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