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Pennsylvania Dutch, the (oh) and diphen- (iou)


Pennsylvania Dutch, the (oh)



n [plural]
a group of people living in the US state of Pennsylvania, who came from Germany in the 1600s and 1700s to find religious freedom, and still live in the style of that time. They wear very old-fashioned clothes, and do not have cars or Other modern machines. They are Protestants, and include the Amish and the Mennonites
-- Pennysylvania Dutch adj

diphen- (iou)



diphen- combining form.
[from DI-2 + PHEN-.]
Chemistry & Pharmacology. Denoting the presence of two phenyl groups.
diphen'hydramine noun an antihistamine compound used for the symptomatic relief of allergies M20.
diphe'noxylate noun a pethidine derivative used to treat diarrhoea and colitis M20.