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PYROGALLOL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pyrogallol mean?
• PYROGALLOL (noun)
The noun PYROGALLOL has 1 sense:
1. a toxic white lustrous crystalline phenol used to treat certain skin diseases and as a photographic developer
Familiarity information: PYROGALLOL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A toxic white lustrous crystalline phenol used to treat certain skin diseases and as a photographic developer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
pyrogallic acid; pyrogallol
Hypernyms ("pyrogallol" is a kind of...):
phenol (any of a class of weakly acidic organic compounds; molecule contains one or more hydroxyl groups)
Derivation:
pyrogallic (of or relating to pyrogallol)
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