Vocabulary : Phelloderm to Phenanthridine
Phelloderm : A layer of green parenchimatous cells formed on the inner side of the phellogen.
Phellogen : The tissue of young cells which produces cork cells.
Phelloplastics : Art of modeling in cork.
Phenacetin : Alt. of Phenacetine
Phenacetine : A white, crystalline compound, C10H13O2N, used in medicine principally as an antipyretic.
Phenacite : A glassy colorless mineral occurring in rhombohedral crystals, sometimes used as a gem. It is a silicate of glucina, and receives its name from its deceptive similarity to quartz.
Phenakistoscope : A revolving disk on which figures drawn in different relative attitudes are seen successively, so as to produce the appearance of an object in actual motion, as an animal leaping, etc., in consequence of the persistence of the successive visual impressions of the retina. It is often arranged so that the figures may be projected upon a screen.
Phenalgin : An ammoniated compound of phenyl and acetamide, used as an analgesic and antipyretic. It resembles phenacetin in its therapeutic action.
Phenanthrene : A complex hydrocarbon, C14H10, found in coal tar, and obtained as a white crystalline substance with a bluish fluorescence.
Phenanthridine : A nitrogenous hydrocarbon base, C13H9N, analogous to phenanthrene and quinoline.
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