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<chemistry> A lactone obtained by reduction of phthalyl chloride, as a white crystalline substance; hence, by extension, any one of the series of which phthalide proper is the type.
Alternative forms: phthalid.
Origin: Phthalyl + anhydride.
(01 Mar 1998)
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