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pyrocatechol

noun
py路​ro路​cat路​e路​chol | \ 藢p墨-r艒-藞ka-t蓹-藢k券l How to pronounce pyrocatechol (audio) , -藢k艒l\

Definition of pyrocatechol

: catechol sense 2

First Known Use of pyrocatechol

1881, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for pyrocatechol

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pyrocatechol

noun
py路​ro路​cat路​e路​chol | \ 藢p墨-r艒-藞kat-蓹-藢k券l How to pronounce pyrocatechol (audio) , -藢k艒l How to pronounce pyrocatechol (audio) \

Medical Definition of pyrocatechol

: a crystalline phenol C6H6O2 obtained by pyrolysis of various natural substances (as resins and lignins) but usually made synthetically and used especially as a photographic developer and in organic synthesis

— called also catechol

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