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resorcin

  • a variation of resorcinol.
    resorcinol
    noun
    a white, needlelike, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 6 O 2 , a benzene derivative originally obtained from certain resins, now usually synthesized: used chiefly in making dyes, as a reagent, in tanning, in the synthesis of certain resins, and in medicine in treating certain skin conditions; meta-dihydroxybenzene.

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Chrysarobin, pyrogallol, tar, ammoniated mercury, β-naphthol, and resorcin.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon

In obstinate patchy cases occasional paintings with a 20 to 50 per cent alcoholic solution of resorcin is curative; following the painting a mild salve should be used.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon

One of these compounds, phthalic acid, is obtained from naphthalene, and the other, resorcin or resorcinol, is prepared from benzene.

From Coal and What We Get from It by Raphael Meldola

It is a diacid phenol, resembling, and metameric with, pyrocatechin and resorcin.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section F, G and H by Project Gutenberg

Sulphur, ammoniated mercury, salicylic acid, resorcin, and carbolic acid.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon

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