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thymo- combining form from Gr. θύµο-ν thyme, used in some chemical terms: ˈthymoform Pharm., a yellowish antiseptic powder prepared from formaldehyde and thymol; ˈthymoïl, thyˈmoïlol, Lallemand's names for thymoquinone and hydrothymoquinone; thence thymoˈïlamide, thyˈmoïlate, thymoˈïlic a.; ˌthymoquiˈnone, C10H12O2, a product of the oxidation of thymol, obtained in reddish-yellow 4-sided shining crystalline laminæ, having an aromatic odour.
1899Coblentz Newer Remedies (ed. 3) 134 *Thymoform.
1857Miller Elem. Chem., Org. III. vii. §1. 447 According to Lallemand, when thymole is treated with oxidizing agents such as chromic acid,..it yields a substance termed *thymoile [ed. 1862 thymoil].
Ibid., If treated with sulphurous acid or other reducing agents, it [thymole] combines with hydrogen and yields *thymoilole [ed. 1862 thymoilol] [C10H14O2], the homologue of hydrokinone. 1868Watts Dict. Chem. V. 793 From these relations, thymoïl may be regarded as homologous with quinone, *thymoïlol with colourless hydroquinone.
1871Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XXIV. 351 This body [Lallemand's thymoïlol] is hydrothymoquinone... Hydrothymoquinone is easily converted into *thymoquinone by ferric chloride, nitric acid, etc.
Add: thyˈmoxamine [oxy- 2 + amine n.], a white crystalline compound, C16H25NO3 , with alpha-adrenoreceptor blocking properties, used (usu. as the hydrochloride) as a vasodilator.
1965Jrnl. Pharmacy & Pharmacol. XVII. 449 Greef & Schümann (1953) described 4-(2-dimethylaminoethoxy)-5-isopropyl-2-methylphenyl acetate..as a sympathicolytic and histaminolytic agent. [Note] Proposed name *Thymoxamine. 1977Brit. Med. Jrnl. 23 Apr. 1085/1 Thymoxamine is also expensive and caused some patients to have headache. 1987M. J. Neal Med. Pharmacol. at Glance x. 27/2 Phenylephrine mydriasis can be reversed with the α-antagonist, thymoxamine. |