Stryphnic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stryphnic \Stryph"nic\, a. [Gr. ? astringent.] (Chem.)
     Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid,
     obtained by the action of acetic acid and potassium nitrite
     on uric acid, as a yellow crystalline substance, with a
     bitter, astringent taste.
     [1913 Webster]