† prussinen.
Chemistry. Obsolete.
= cyanogen n. Also: (Thomas Graham's name for) a polymeric cyanide radical supposedly present in ferro- and ferricyanides.
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1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Cyanogen... Otherwise called Prussine.
1850 T. Graham Elem. Chem. (ed. 2) I. iii. 200 Assuming the existence of a new compound radical, N3C6, which has three times the atomic weight of cyanogen, and may be called prussine,..then the compound cyanides assume a constitution of extreme simplicity.
1876 Lippincott's Med. Dict. 151/1 Cyanogen... It is sometimes called Prussin, or Prussine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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