See Also: oxalaldehyde(medicine)

Phanar (iou) and oxalaldehyde (medicine)


Phanar (iou)



Phanar noun. ['fan¨»:] Also Fanar. E19.
[Turkish fener from Greek phanarion (mod. phanari) lighthouse, lantern, dim. of phanos torch, lamp, lantern. So called from a lighthouse formerly in the Phanar.]
Hist. The area of Istanbul which became the chief Greek quarter after the Ottoman conquest; the Greek official class under the Turks, through whom the affairs of the Christian population in the Ottoman Empire were largely administered; the seat of the Patriarch of Constantinople after the Ottoman conquest.
phanariot a resident in the Phanar; (designating) a Greek official under the Ottoman Empire: E19.

oxalaldehyde (medicine)


oxalaldehyde -->
glyoxal
<chemistry> A white, amorphous, deliquescent powder, (CO.H)2, obtained by the partial oxidation of glycol. It is a double aldehyde, between glycol and oxalic acid.

Origin: Glycol + oxalic + aldehyde.

Source: Websters Dictionary