indoxyln.
/ɪnˈdɒksɪl/ Chemistry.
A brownish oil, C8H7NO, isomeric with oxindole, formed, with evolution of carbonic acid gas, when indoxylic acid is heated above its melting point; it is converted by oxidation into indigo-blue.
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1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Indoxyl.
1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 899 Albuminous [urine] and containing indoxyl and casts.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 287 The most important of these are the indoxyl and skatoxyl sulphates of potash.
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indoˈxylic adj. in indoxylic acid, C9H7NO3, a white crystalline precipitate, slightly soluble in water, and converted by air or oxidizing agents into indigo-blue: its salts are inˈdoxylates.
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