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aminol

aminol noun: a colourless liquid prepared from herring brine and containing amines, used as a local antiseptic.

Noun

aminol (uncountable)

  1. A colourless liquid prepared from herring brine and containing amines, used as a local antiseptic.

Origin of aminol

From amine + -ol.

Questions about aminol

What does aminol mean?
Aminol means a colourless liquid prepared from herring brine and containing amines, used as a local antiseptic.
What part of speech is aminol?
Aminol is a noun.

Words near aminol in the dictionary

  1. aminoisobutyric acids
  2. aminoketone
  3. aminoketones
  4. aminoketose
  5. aminoketoses
  6. aminol
  7. aminolaevulinate
  8. aminolaevulinates
  9. aminolaevulinic
  10. aminolaevulinic acid
  11. aminolaevulinic acids

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