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io·do·phtha·lein

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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