Associations to the word «Phenolphthalein»
Noun
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Wiktionary
PHENOLPHTHALEIN, noun. (chemistry) A quinone derivative used as a pH indicator, and once used as a laxative
Dictionary definition
PHENOLPHTHALEIN, noun. A laxative used in many preparations under various trade names; also used as an acid-base indicator in titrations involving weak acids and strong bases because it is brilliant red at high alkalinity and colorless below pH 8.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.