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pyrocatechol definition

pyro·cat·echol (pī′rō kat′ə c̸hôl′, -c̸hōl′, -kôl′, -kōl′)

noun

a white, crystalline phenol, CH(OH), occurring naturally in plants and now usually produced synthetically: used as an antiseptic, as a photographic developer, etc.
also pyrocatechin py′ro·cat′·echin (-c̸hin, -kin)

Etymology: pyro- + catech(u) + -ol

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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