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py·ro·cat·e·chol | \ ˌpī-rō-ˈka-tə-ˌkȯl 
, -ˌkōl\
, -ˌkōl\Definition of pyrocatechol
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pyrocatechol
nounpy·ro·cat·e·chol | \ ˌpī-rō-ˈkat-ə-ˌkȯl , -ˌkōl \
, -ˌkōl \Medical Definition of pyrocatechol
: a crystalline phenol C6H6O2 obtained by pyrolysis of various natural substances (as resins and lignins) but usually made synthetically and used especially as a photographic developer and in organic synthesis
— called also catechol
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