Associations to the word «Guaiac»

Wiktionary

GUAIAC, noun. (medicine) A paper treated with alpha-guaiaconic acid, used in tests to detect blood in the faeces.

Dictionary definition

GUAIAC, noun. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche