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pyrogallol

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Noun

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py=ro=gal=lol

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun pyrogallol has 1 sense

pyrogallol(n = noun.substance) pyrogallic acid - a toxic white lustrous crystalline phenol used to treat certain skin diseases and as a photographic developer; Array

is a kind of phenol

Derived form adjective pyrogallic₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

pyrogallol, n. [Pyrogallic + -ol.].

A phenol metameric with phloroglucin, obtained by the distillation of gallic acid as a poisonous white crystalline substance having acid properties, and hence called also pyrogallic acid. It is a strong reducer, and is used as a developer in photography and in the production of certain dyes. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

pyrogallol, n. = PYROGALLIC ACID.

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