n :  a derivative of phenolphthalein or its soluble blue-violet crystalline disodium salt C₂₀H₈I₄Na₂O₄ used to render the gallbladder opaque to X rays and formerly to treat typhoid carriers - called also tetraiodophenolphthalein  .
 
     
 
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