• (n.) A sweet white crystalline substance, metameric with pyrogallol, and obtained by the decomposition of phloretin, and from certain gums, as catechu, kino, etc. It belongs to the class of phenols. [Called also phloroglucinol.]
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Phlor`o·glu'cin noun [
Phlor etin + Greek ... sweet.]
(Chemistry) A sweet white crystalline substance, metameric with pyrogallol, and obtained by the decomposition of phloretin, and from certain gums, as catechu, kino, etc. It belongs to the class of phenols. [ Called also
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Type: Term Pronunciation: flōr′ō-glū′sin, -glū′sin-ol, -glū′kol Definitions: 1. An isomer of pyrogallol, obtained from resorcinol by fusion with caustic soda; used as a reagent with vanillin, as a decalcifier of bone specimens, and as an antispasmodic.
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phloroglucin 1. A sweet white crystalline substance, metameric with pyrogallol, and obtained by the decomposition of phloretin, and from certain gums, as catechu, kino, etc. It belongs to the class of phenols. 2. Also called, phloroglucinol: 1,3,5-benzenetriol. A trinitrobenzene derivative with antispasmodic properties that is used primarily as a ...
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