phenic, a. Chem.
(ˈfiːnɪk, ˈfɛnɪk)
[f. phene + -ic; in F. phénique (Laurent 1841).]
Pertaining or related to phenyl or to benzene; = phenylic. phenic acid, another name of phenol or carbolic acid. Its salts are ˈphenates.
| 1852 Chemical Gaz. X. 136 St. Evre suspected a connexion between his acid and phenic acid (phenole, phenylous acid), C12H6O2. 1857 Miller Elem. Chem. III. 564 Benzole..belongs to a group called the phenic series. Ibid. 570 Phenic, or carbolic acid..Phenate of methyl, or anisole. 1866 Roscoe Elem. Chem. xxxix. 336 Phenol..dissolves in the alkalies, forming a phenate. 1876 Harley Mat. Med. (ed. 6) 354 It is the first of the Phenic series. 1884 Health Exhib. Catal. 96/1 Phenate of Soda solution. An antiseptic application for burns, scalds, &c. |