(definition) by Webster 1913 Mon Jan 02 2006 at 19:22:04

Nos"o*phen (?), n. [Nose + phenol; orig. used for affections of the nose.] (Pharm.)

An iodine compound obtained as a yellowish gray, odorless, tasteless powder by the action of iodine on phenolphthalein.

 

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