gallacetophenone

noun

A yellowish-brown powder (acetophenone with the phenol replaced by pyrogallol) with parasiticide and antiseptic qualities employed externally in the treatment of psoriasis and other skin diseases.

Scrabble 24

Meanings

noungallacetophenone (countable and uncountable, plural gallacetophenones)

plural gallacetophenones

  1. countableuncountablemedicineA yellowish-brown powder (acetophenone with the phenol replaced by pyrogallol) with parasiticide and antiseptic qualities employed externally in the treatment of psoriasis and other skin diseases.
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