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Inositol

//ʌɪˈnəʊ.sɪ.tɒl// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A simple carbocyclic sugar (hexahydroxycyclohexane; chemical formula: C₆H₁₂O₆) which occurs in animal and plant tissue. Once treated as part of the vitamin B complex, but is not a vitamin as it can be synthesized by the body. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    an optically inactive alcohol that is a component of the vitamin B complex wordnet

Etymology

From its former name inosite + -ol (“an alcohol”), from Ancient Greek ἰνός (inós, genitive singular of ἴς (ís, “sinew, tendon”)) + -ite.

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