Indole Definition

ĭndōl
noun
A white, crystalline compound, C8H7N, obtained from indigo and other sources and formed as a product of the intestinal putrefaction of proteins: it is used in perfumery, as a reagent, etc.
Webster's New World
Any of various derivatives of this compound.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Indole

Noun

Singular:
indole
Plural:
indoles

Origin of Indole

  • From indigo and Latin oleum, “oil”; consider -ole.

    From Wiktionary

  • ind(igo) –ole

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Indole Sentence Examples

  • The mono-benzo-derivatives are coumarone, benzothiophene and indole; the dibenzo-derivatives are diphenylene oxide, dibenzothiophene or diphenylene sulphide, and carbazole.

  • In 1820 was published his treatise on the gospel of St John, entitled Probabilia de Evangelii et Epistolarum Joannis Apostoli indole et origine, which attracted much attention.

  • Joannis Apostoli indole et origine (1820), the first systematic assault on the traditional attribution, remains unrefuted in its main contention.

  • The most noteworthy of which being ibogaine, an indole alkaloid derived from an African plant source.

  • Many derivatives of indole are known.

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Words Starting With

IININD

Words Ending With

ELEOLE

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indole

Words Starting With I and Ending With E

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