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styphnic (medicine)


styphnic
<chemistry> Pertaining to, or designating, a yellow crystalline astringent acid, (NO2)3.C6H.(OH)2, obtained by the action of nitric acid on resorcin. Styphnic acid resembles picric acid, but is not bitter. It acts like a strong dibasic acid, having a series of well defined salts.

Origin: Gr. (spurious) styfein to contract.

Source: Websters Dictionary


rehash (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: HASH2]
to use the same ideas again in a new form that is not really different or better - used to show disapproval
::He simply rehashed the same story.
to repeat something that was discussed earlier, especially in an annoying way
::This issue has been rehashed so many times already.
-- rehash /5ri:hAF/ n [C]
::It was just a rehash of last year's show.