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ANTHRAQUINONE

\ˈanθɹɐkwˌɪnɒn], \ˈanθɹɐkwˌɪnɒn], \ˈa_n_θ_ɹ_ɐ_k_w_ˌɪ_n_ɒ_n]\

Definitions of ANTHRAQUINONE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2O2.C6H4, subliming in shining yellow needles. It is obtained by oxidation of anthracene.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2O2.C6H4, subliming in shining yellow needles. It is obtained by oxidation of anthracene.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Yellow substance, C14H8O2, from anthracene.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A derivative of anthracene, C14H8O5, constituting a nucleus found in many of the purgative principles known as the anthracene derivatives.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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