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Webster 1913 Edition

Hydroquinone

Hyˊdro-qui′none

,
Noun.
[
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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