py·ro·cat·e·chol
| \ ˌpī-rō-ˈka-tə-ˌkȯl
, -ˌkōl \
, -ˌkōl \
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pyrocatechol
noun
py·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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