thymo-
combining form
⇨ see thym-
combining form
⇨ see thym-
1899 Coblentz Newer Remedies (ed. 3) 134*Thymoform. 
1857 Miller Elem. Chem. ,Org. III. vii. §1. 447According to Lallemand, when thymole is treated with oxidizing agents such as chromic acid,..it yields a substance termed *thymoile . [ ed. 1862 thymoil] 
Ibid. ,If treated with sulphurous acid or other reducing agents, it combines with hydrogen and yields *thymoilole [ thymole] [ ed. 1862 thymoilol] , the homologue of hydrokinone. [ C10H14O2] 
1868 Watts Dict. Chem. V. 793From these relations, thymoïl may be regarded as homologous with quinone, *thymoïlol with colourless hydroquinone. 
1871 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XXIV. 351This body is hydrothymoquinone... Hydrothymoquinone is easily converted into *thymoquinone by ferric chloride, nitric acid, etc. [ Lallemand's thymoïlol] 
1965 Jrnl. Pharmacy &Pharmacol. XVII. 449Greef & Schümann (1953) described 4-(2-dimethylaminoethoxy)-5-isopropyl-2-methylphenyl acetate..as a sympathicolytic and histaminolytic agent. Proposed name *Thymoxamine. [ Note] 
1977 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 23 Apr. 1085/1Thymoxamine is also expensive and caused some patients to have headache. 
1987 M. J. Neal Med. Pharmacol. at Glance x. 27/2Phenylephrine mydriasis can be reversed with the α-antagonist, thymoxamine. 
ORIGIN: from thymus -o- 
thymo-
— see thym-
— see thym-