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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•o•si•tol (i nō′si tôl′, -tōl′, ī nō′-),USA pronunciation n. - Biochemistrya compound, C6H12O6, derivative of cyclohexane, widely distributed in plants and seeds as phytin, and occurring in animal tissue and in urine: an essential growth factor for animal life, present in the vitamin B complex.
- Drugs[Pharm.]the commercial form of this compound, a white, sweet, crystalline solid, used chiefly to promote epithelialization of the cervix after infection or injury. Also called hexahydroxycyclohexane.
- Greek īn-, stem of í̄s fiber, sinew + -ose2 + -ite1) + -ol1
- inosite (1890–95
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: inositol /ɪˈnəʊsɪˌtɒl/ n - a cyclic alcohol, one isomer of which (i-inositol) is present in yeast and is a growth factor for some organisms; cyclohexanehexol. Formula: C6H12O6
Etymology: 19th Century: from Greek in-, is sinew + -ose² + -ite1 + -ol1 |