| phthisic |
A wasting disease of the lungs, the term was also applied more generally to various lung or throat infections.
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| Phthirus pubis |
The crab louse. It infests primarily the pubic region but it may also be found in armpits, beard, eyebrows, and eyelashes. SEE: pediculosis pubis.
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| phthalein |
any of a series of coloring matters formed by the condensation of phthalic anhydride with the phenols; some have a cathartic action. See phenolphthalein.
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| phthalic a. |
a reactive, low-molecular-weight compound with a wide variety of industrial uses, including the manufacture of dyes, pharmaceuticals, and insecticides, and as a hardener for resins. It is an allergen that causes skin irritation, and if its fumes are inhaled it can cause epoxy resin lung, a form of hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
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| phthalin |
any one of a series of colorless compounds formed by reduction of phthalein.
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