SINCE 1828
phloroglucinol
noun
phlor·o·glu·cin·ol
| \ -ˈglüs-ᵊn-ˌȯl, -ˌōl
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Medical Definition of phloroglucinol
: a sweet crystalline phenol C6H6O3 that occurs in combined form in glycosides (as phlorizin), in resins, and in tannins and that is usually made from trinitrotoluene by a series of steps
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