isorcin

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noun

A synthetic metamer of orcin.

Similar
cresorcin
OriginEnglish orcin ← French orcine ← New Latin orcina →
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Meanings

nounisorcin (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA synthetic metamer of orcin.

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

    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

    Synonyms: cresorcin

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA synthetic metamer of orcin.

Similar
cresorcin
Also see
cresorcin

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)
  2. Englishiso-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
  5. Proto-Italic*ausis
  6. Latinauris
  7. Latinauricula
  8. Latinōricula
  9. Italianoricello
  10. Arabic[script needed] ('urjālla)influ.
  11. Old Catalanorxella
  12. Old Frenchorchel
  13. Frenchorseille
  14. Dutchorseille
  15. New Latinorcina
  16. Frenchorcine
  17. Englishorcin
  18. Englishisorcin

From iso- + orcin.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

incisorCorsini
Cite this entry
APA

isorcin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/isorcin

MLA

“isorcin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/isorcin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “isorcin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/isorcin.

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