Definition of Phlorone

1. n. A yellow crystalline substance having a peculiar unpleasant odor, resembling the quinones, and obtained from beechwood tar and coal tar, as also by the oxidation of xylidine; -- called also xyloquinone.

Definition of Phlorone

1. Noun. (organic compound) A yellow crystalline substance resembling the quinones and obtained from beechwood tar and coal tar, or by the oxidation of xylidine. ¹

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Medical Definition of Phlorone

1. A yellow crystalline substance having a peculiar unpleasant odour, resembling the quinones, and obtained from beechwood tar and coal tar, as also by the oxidation of xylidine. Synonym: xyloquinone. Origin: Phlorol + quinone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phlorone

phloretic
phloretic acid
phloretin
phlorhizin
phloridzin
phlorizin
phlorizin diabetes
phlorizin glycosuria
phlorizins
phloroglucin
phloroglucinol
phloroglucinol reductase
phloroglucinols
phlorol
phlorols
phlorone (current term)
phlox
phlox family
phloxes
phloxine
phloxlike
phlyctena
phlyctenae
phlyctenar
phlyctenoid
phlyctenosis
phlyctenous
phlyctenula
phlyctenular
phlyctenular conjunctivitis

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