Glycerizine

/ɡlɪˈserɪzɪn/ noun

Definition

An archaic or variant chemical compound name related to glycerin or its derivatives (largely obsolete in modern chemistry).

Etymology

Glycer- + -izine (older chemical suffix variant). From 19th-century chemistry nomenclature; superseded by systematic naming.

Kelly Says

Glycerizine is the kind of word you'd find in a dusty 1880s pharmaceutical textbook—modern chemists would use much more specific, systematic names.

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