Definitions for phthalein

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phthalein phthal·ein

Spelling: [thal-een, -ee-in, fthal-]

IPA: /ˈθæl in, -i ɪn, ˈfθæl-/

Phthalein is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 412 anagrams from letters in phthalein (aehhilnpt).

Definitions for phthalein

noun

1. any of a group of compounds formed by treating phthalic anhydride with phenols, from which certain important dyes are derived.

Origin of phthalein

First recorded in 1900-05; (na)phthale(ne) + -in²

Examples for phthalein

The phthalein excretion is quite normal and the excretions of salt and nitrogen are also normal.

The phthalein on the day following the second venesection was 45 per cent in two hours.