phloroglucinol

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noun

A poisonous trihydroxy phenol, 1,3,5-trihydroxybenzene, C₆H₃(OH)₃, used as a bone decalcifying agent.

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Meanings

nounphloroglucinol (countable and uncountable, plural phloroglucinols)

plural phloroglucinols

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA poisonous trihydroxy phenol, 1,3,5-trihydroxybenzene, C₆H₃(OH)₃, used as a bone decalcifying agent.
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