iodophthalein
noun
io·do·phtha·lein
ī-ˌōd-ə-ˈthal-ē-ən
ī-ˈäd-
-ˈthal-ˌēn
-ˈthāl-
: a derivative of phenolphthalein or its soluble blue-violet crystalline disodium salt C20H8I4Na2O4 used to render the gallbladder opaque to X-rays and formerly to treat typhoid carriers
called also tetraiodophenolphthalein
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