PYROGALLOL


Meaning of PYROGALLOL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpī-rō-ˈga-ˌlȯl, -ˌlōl; -ˈgȯ- ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary pyro- + gall ic (acid) + -ol (I)

Date: 1869

: a poisonous bitter crystalline phenol C 6 H 6 O 3 with weak acid properties that is usually obtained by pyrolysis of gallic acid and used especially as a mild reducing agent (as in photographic developing)

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.