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isorcin

isorcin noun: a synthetic metamer of orcin.

Noun

isorcin (uncountable)

  1. A synthetic metamer of orcin.
    • Isorcin has great resemblance to orcin, from which, however, it differs by its reactions.1879, Henry Watts, “Toluenedisulphonic Acid”, in A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences, volume VII, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., pages 1170–1171
    Synonyms:
    cresorcin

Synonyms of isorcin

Origin of isorcin

From iso- + orcin.

Questions about isorcin

What does isorcin mean?
Isorcin means a synthetic metamer of orcin.
What part of speech is isorcin?
Isorcin is a noun.

Words near isorcin in the dictionary

  1. isoquinuclidine
  2. isoquinuclidines
  3. isorabaichromone
  4. isoradial
  5. isorawsonol
  6. isorcin
  7. isoreceptor
  8. isoreceptors
  9. isorefractive
  10. isorenieratane
  11. isorenieratanes

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