PYROGALLOL
\pˌa͡ɪɹə͡ʊɡˈalɒl], \pˌaɪɹəʊɡˈalɒl], \p_ˌaɪ_ɹ_əʊ_ɡ_ˈa_l_ɒ_l]\
Sort: Oldest first
-
a toxic white lustrous crystalline phenol used to treat certain skin diseases and as a photographic developer
By Princeton University
-
a toxic white lustrous crystalline phenol used to treat certain skin diseases and as a photographic developer
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
-
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.
By Oddity Software
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).