phloroglucinol
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Noun
phloroglucinol (countable and uncountable, plural phloroglucinols)
- (chemistry) A poisonous trihydroxy phenol, 1,3,5-trihydroxybenzene, C6H3(OH)3, used as a bone decalcifying agent.
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- pyrogallol 1,2,3-trihydroxybenzene
- hydroxyquinol 1,2,4-trihydroxybenzene