PREHNITIC
Prehn*it"ic, a. (Chem.)
Definition: Pertaining to, or designating, a tetrabasic acid of benzene obtained as a white crystalline substance; -- probably so called from the resemblance of the wartlike crystals to the mammillæ on the surface of prehnite.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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