xfnaphthoic

[Eng. oxy( gen ); naph thol, and suff. -ic.] Containing oxygen and naphthol. oxynaphthoic-acid, 8. Chem. (pl.): C10H6 ox-ỹ-năph-thyl-a-mine, s. [Eng. oxy(gen), and naphthylamine.] acids or with bases. ox-ý-năph-thyl-i-dine, s. MINE.] [OxY NAPHTHYL A ox-ý-nō-tūs, s. [Pref. oxy- (1), and Gr. nõtos the back.] Ornith.: A genus of Campophagide, closely allied to the Laniide, peculiar to the islands of Mauritius and Reunion. They are remarkable for the fact that while the males of both species closely resemble each other, the females are wholly unlike. ( Ibis , 1866, pp. 275-280.) ox-ŷn'-tic, a. [Gr.oxynō-to sharpen.] Compar. Anat .: A term applied to glands in the stomach of the frog which secrete an acid juice. ( Foster : Physiol . (ed. 4th), p. 278.) IMG:content-0511.png:[blocks in formation] oxyphenic-acid, s. Chemistry: C6H6O2=C6H4(OH)2. Pyrocatechir. Pyro mor in tannic acid. Obtained by the dry distillation of catechu, kino, and other tanning materials. It crystallizes in quadratic prisms, readily soluble in water and alcohol, slightly soluble in ether, melts at 102°, volatilizes below its melting point, and boils at 240-245°. It does not precipitate gelatin or the salts of quinine, but its aqueous solution forms a white precipitate with neutral acetate of lead, C6H4.Pb O2. Insoluble in water, but slightly soluble in acetic acid.