isorcin en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Italic *auzis Latin auris Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -cula Latin auricula Latin ōriculader. Italian oricelloder. Arabic [script needed] ('urjālla)influ. Old Catalan orxellader. Old French orchel French orseilleder. Dutch orseilleder. New Latin orcinader. French orcineder. English orcin English isorcin From iso- + orcin.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A 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: