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hydroquinone |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hydroquinone \Hy`dro*qui"none\, n. [Hydro-, 2 + quinone.] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance, {C6H4(OH)2}, obtained by the reduction of quinone. It is a diacid phenol, resembling, and metameric with pyrocatechin and resorcin. Called also {dihydroxy benzene}.
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