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indole

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noun

IPA: /ˈɪndəʊl/

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The correct spelling is indole. 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…

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noun

  1. 1.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.
  2. 2.Any of the derivatives of indole1.

adjective

  1. 1.Guileless

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