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Definition: Hydroquinone
Hydroquinone
\Hy`dro*qui"none\, n. [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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