Definitions For Indole

Adjective

guileless

Noun

INDOLE (plural INDOLEs) (organic compound) An organic compound, C8H7N, found in coal tar, and produced in the gut by the bacterial decomposition of tryptophan; it is an aromatic bicyclic heterocycle having a benzene ring fused with a pyrrole ring; indole and its derivatives occur widely in nature and have many industrial applications. : Synonym: ketole (organic chemistry) Any of the derivatives of indole1.

Hyponyms

acemetacin atevirdine cediranib dirlotapide dolasetron gramine indalpine indican indoleamine indolequinone indometacin indoxyl isoindole mebhydrolin monatin naltrindole oxametacin paxilline pindolol ramosetron sertindole sumatriptan tenidap tropisetron

Derived terms

azaindole indoleacetic acid indoleamine indolebutyric acid isoindole phytoindole

Translations

Chinese: : Cantonese: 吲哚 (jan5 do2) : Mandarin: 吲哚, tr=yǐnduǒ German: Indol Japanese: インドール (indōru) Korean: 인돌

Etymology

From ; see -ole.

Anagrams

Leonid, Liendo, dienol, doline, elonid, olenid