PYROGALLOL

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Meaning:

A toxic white lustrous crystalline phenol used to treat certain skin diseases and as a photographic developer

Synonyms:

pyrogallic acid; pyrogallol

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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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