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PYROGALLIC ACID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pyrogallic acid mean?
• PYROGALLIC ACID (noun)
The noun PYROGALLIC ACID has 1 sense:
1. a toxic white lustrous crystalline phenol used to treat certain skin diseases and as a photographic developer
Familiarity information: PYROGALLIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A toxic white lustrous crystalline phenol used to treat certain skin diseases and as a photographic developer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
pyrogallic acid; pyrogallol
Hypernyms ("pyrogallic acid" is a kind of...):
phenol (any of a class of weakly acidic organic compounds; molecule contains one or more hydroxyl groups)
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