aminophenol

noun

ami·​no·​phe·​nol

plural -s

1

: any of three crystalline compounds NH₂C₆H₄OH derived from phenol, distinguished as ortho-aminophenol, meta-aminophenol, and para-aminophenol, and used as dye intermediates, the para compound being also used as a fur and hair dye and as a photographic developer

2

usually amino phenol : any amino derivative of a phenol

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary amin- + phenol; originally formed in German

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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