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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Phthalin

· Phthal·in · IPA
01 n. A colorless crystalline substance obtained by reduction from phthalein, into which it is easily converted by oxidation; hence, any one of t…
  1. 1.
    A colorless crystalline substance obtained by reduction from phthalein, into which it is easily converted by oxidation; hence, any one of the series of which phthalin proper is the type.(Chem.)