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  • noun (Chem.) A complex nitrogenous radical, C8H4NO2, regarded as the essential residue of a series of compounds, related to isatin, which easily pass by reduction to indigo blue.

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  • noun organic chemistry A complex nitrogenous radical, C8H4NO2, related to isatin.

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From isatin and -gen.

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