HYDROQUINONE


Meaning of HYDROQUINONE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌhī-drō-kwi-ˈnōn, -ˈkwi-ˌnōn ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary

Date: circa 1872

: a white crystalline strongly reducing phenol C 6 H 6 O 2 used especially as a photographic developer, as an antioxidant and stabilizer, and in medicine to remove pigmentation from hyperpigmented areas of skin

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