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am⋅i⋅dol

[am-i-dawl, -dol]
–noun Chemistry.
a colorless, crystalline powder, C6H8N2O·2HCl, derived from phenol, used chiefly as a photographic developer.

Origin:
1890–95; amid- + -ol 1
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am·i·dol   (ām'ĭ-dôl', -dōl', -dŏl')   
n.  A colorless crystalline compound, C6H3(NH2)2OH·2HCl, used as a photographic developer.

[Originally a German trademark.]
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