[ri-zawr-suh-nawl, -nol, rez-awr-] 
| a white, needlelike, water-soluble solid, C6H6O2, 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. |
| res·or·cin·ol (rĭ-zôr'sə-nôl', -nōl', -nŏl') n. A white crystalline compound, C6H4(OH)2, used to treat certain skin diseases and in dyes, resin adhesives, and pharmaceuticals. [res(in) + orc(hil) + -in + -ol1.] |
resorcinol res·or·cin·ol (rĭ-zôr'sə-nôl', -nōl') or res·or·cin (-sĭn)
n.
A white crystalline compound used primarily as an antiseptic in skin diseases such as psoriasis or eczema, but also used in the treatment of nausea, asthma, whooping cough, and diarrhea.
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