Has been used as an application in burns, eczema, erysipelas, and pruritus. SYN: carbazotic acid, nitroxanthic acid. [G. pikros, bitter]
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pic·ric acid .pik-rik- n a bitter toxic explosive yellow crystalline strong acid C6H3N3O7 used esp. as a dye or biological stain, as an antiseptic, and as a precipitant for organic bases and polycyclic hydrocarbons called also trinitrophenol
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a yellow crystalline solid used as a dye and as a tissue fixative.
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pic·ric ac·id (pikґrik) trinitrophenol.Medical dictionary. 2011.