Vocabulary : Phrygian to Phthiriasis

Phrygian : Of or pertaining to Phrygia, or to its inhabitants. ;; A native or inhabitant of Phrygia. ;; A Montanist.
Phrygian cap : A close-fitting cap represented in Greek art as worn by Orientals, assumed to have been conical in shape. It has been adopted in modern art as the so-called liberty cap, or cap of liberty.
Phthalate : A salt of phthalic acid.
Phthalein : One of a series of artificial organic dyes made as condensation products of the phenols with phthalic acid, and well represented by phenol phthalein. Their alkaline solutions are fluorescent.
Phthalic : Pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid obtained by the oxidation of naphthalene and allied substances.

Phthalide : A lactone obtained by reduction of phthalyl chloride, as a white crystalline substance; hence, by extension, any one of the series of which phthalide proper is the type.
Phthalimide : An imido derivative of phthalic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, C6H4.(CO)2NH, which has itself (like succinimide) acid properties, and forms a series of salts. Cf. Imido acid, under Imido.
Phthalin : A colorless crystalline substance obtained by reduction from phthalein, into which it is easily converted by oxidation; hence, any one of the series of which phthalin proper is the type.
Phthalyl : The hypothetical radical of phthalic acid.
Phthiriasis : A disease (morbus pediculous) consisting in the excessive multiplication of lice on the human body.

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