See Also: pyrogallolphthalein(medicine)

halibut (iou) and pyrogallolphthalein (medicine)


halibut (iou)



halibut noun. . Pl. same, -s. LME.
[Alt. of HOLY + BUTT noun1 (from its commonly being eaten on holy days).]
A very large flatfish of the N. Atlantic, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, fished intensively for Food; any of several closely related fishes, esp. (more fully Pacific halibut) Hippoglossus stenolepis and (more fully Greenland halibut) Reinhardtius hippoglossoides. Also, the flesh of any of these as Food.

pyrogallolphthalein (medicine)


pyrogallolphthalein -->
gallein
<chemistry> A red crystalline dyestuff, obtained by heating together pyrogallic and phthalic acids.

Origin: Pyrogallol + phthalein.

Source: Websters Dictionary