Word.ws English Dictionary

azoindoxyl

azoindoxyl noun: any indoxyl that contains a two atom nitrogen group (-N=N-) uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, typically used for dyes in electron microscopy.

Noun

azoindoxyl (plural azoindoxyls)

  1. Any indoxyl that contains a two atom nitrogen group (-N=N-) uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, typically used for dyes in electron microscopy.
    • For example, certain sulfur-containing dyes reduce osmium tetroxide to osmium black, which is electron opaque (Hanker et al., 1964), and certain azoindoxyls form insoluble osmium-containing complexes ( Holt and Hicks, 1966).1970, M. A. Hayat, Principles and Techniques of Electron Microscopy, page 252
    • The nitro-blue tetrazolium method with menadiol diphosphate was found to be superior to existing methods employing azo, azoindoxyl or tetrazolium salts and to metal precipitation methods.2006, José Luis Millan, Mammalian Alkaline Phosphatases, page 254

Forms of azoindoxyl

pluralazoindoxyls

Origin of azoindoxyl

From azo + indoxyl.

Questions about azoindoxyl

What does azoindoxyl mean?
Azoindoxyl means any indoxyl that contains a two atom nitrogen group (-N=N-) uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, typically used for dyes in electron microscopy.
What part of speech is azoindoxyl?
Azoindoxyl is a noun.
What is the plural of azoindoxyl?
The plural of azoindoxyl is azoindoxyls.

Words near azoindoxyl in the dictionary

  1. azogues
  2. azoic
  3. azoic rock
  4. azoic rocks
  5. azoimide
  6. azoindoxyl
  7. azoindoxyls
  8. azokeratin
  9. azolane
  10. azole
  11. azolectin

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: azoindoxyl (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “azoindoxyl.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/azoindoxyl. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.