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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The name of a class of organic compounds containing the group . They are also called ketone alcohols.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) One of a series of series of complex nitrogenous substances, represented by methyl ketol and related to indol.
  • noun a weak organic base, obtained as a white crystalline substance having the odor of fæces.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun organic chemistry acyloin

Etymologies

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Blend of ketone and indol

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