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Oxyphenic

Oxˊy-phe′nic

,
Adj.
[
Oxy- (b)
+
phenol
.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, the phenol formerly called oxyphenic acid, and now oxyphenol and pyrocatechin. See
Pyrocatechin
.