HYDROQUINONE

Etymology

Noun

hydroquinone (countable and uncountable, plural hydroquinones)

(organic compound) The diphenol para-dihydroxy benzene, used as a mild reducing agent in photographic developing; isomeric with catechol and resorcinol.

Source: Wiktionary

Hy`dro*qui"none, n. Etym: [Hydro-, 2 + quinone.] (Chem.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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