tischnophonia

[Gr. ischnophōnia = (see def.), ischnophōnos = thin-voiced; ischnos = dry, withered, meager, and phone =a sound, a tone.] Pathology: 1. Thinne of voice. 2. Stuttering. slightly soluble in alcohol. They crystallize well, often can be heated to without decomposition. Ammonium is ethion ate, C2H5 (NH4) SO4, crystallizes in well-defined octahedrons, which do not lose weight at 120°. Pota ic is ethion ate, C2H5K SO4, forms rhomboidal prisms, which melt between 300° and 350°. The copper salt, C2H5CuSO4, forms pale-green prisms with rhombic base; at 140° to 150° it turns white, and gives off twenty per cent. of water of crystallization. -Ish, suff . [See def.] 1. An adjectival suffix, representing A. S. -isc, -ysc, Dan. -isk , Ger. -isch , Fr. -esque partaking of the nature of, as fool, foolish , Dane, Danish, . Suffixed to adjectives, it le ens the signification, as white, whitish somewhat white; sweet, sweetish= rather sweet. 2. As a verbal suffix it is derived from the Latin inchoative suffix -esc , as in floresco to begin to flower or flourish, from floreo =to flourish. It is