isorcin

English

Etymology

From iso- +‎ orcin.

Noun

isorcin (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A synthetic metamer of orcin.

   Synonym: cresorcin

   • 1879, Henry Watts, “Toluenedisulphonic Acid”, in A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences‎, volume VII, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., pages 1170–1171:

     Isorcin has great resemblance to orcin, from which, however, it differs by its reactions.

Further reading

• “isorcin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.