aminophenol
noun
ami·no·phe·nol
plural -s
1
: any of three crystalline compounds NH2C6H4OH derived from phenol, distinguished as ortho-aminophenol, meta-aminophenol, and para-aminophenol, and used as dye intermediates, the para compound being also used as a fur and hair dye and as a photographic developer
2
usually amino phenol : any amino derivative of a phenol
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary amin- + phenol; originally formed in German
First Known Use
1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1