gallacetophenone

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gallacetophenone (countable and uncountable, plural gallacetophenones)

  1. (medicine) A yellowish-brown powder (acetophenone with the phenol replaced by pyrogallol) with parasiticide and antiseptic qualities employed externally in the treatment of psoriasis and other skin diseases.