NAPHTHALENE
\nˈafθe͡ɪlˌiːn], \nˈafθeɪlˌiːn], \n_ˈa_f_θ_eɪ_l_ˌiː_n]\
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A white crystalline aromatic hydrocarbon, C10H8, analogous to benzene, and obtained by the distillation of certain bituminous materials, such as the heavy oil of coal tar. It is the type and basis of a large number of derivatives among organic compounds. Formerly called also naphthaline.
By Oddity Software
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A white crystalline aromatic hydrocarbon, C10H8, analogous to benzene, and obtained by the distillation of certain bituminous materials, such as the heavy oil of coal tar. It is the type and basis of a large number of derivatives among organic compounds. Formerly called also naphthaline.
By Noah Webster.
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[Latin] A hydrocarbon, C10H8, forming colored, volatile, crystalline laminae of peculiar odor, produced by the distillation of coal-tar oil. Antiseptic; used in acute and chronic intestinal catarrh, cholera, typhoid fever, and worms, and externally in scabies and prurigo. Dose, 5-10 gr. (gm. 0.30-0.60).
By Alexander Duane
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A hydrocarbon, C10H8, from coal-tar oil: antiseptic.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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