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oxyphenol

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A phenol produced by the distillation of catechin; pyrocatechol.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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History

Etymology

From oxy- + phenol.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أوكسيفينول (ʾūksīfīnōl) — chemical compound
  • Chinese Cantonese: 氧酚 (ong1 pun1) — chemical compound
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氧酚 (yǎngfēn) — chemical compound
  • French: oxyphénol — chemical compound
  • German: Oxyphenol — chemical compound
  • Japanese: オキシフェノール (okishifenōru) — chemical compound
  • Korean: 옥시페놀 (oksipenol) — chemical compound
  • Russian: оксифено́л (oksifenól) — chemical compound
  • Spanish: oxifenol — chemical compound
  • Tibetan: ཨོག་སི་ཕེ་ནོལ། (og si phe nol) — chemical compound