cresol
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noun \ˈkrē-ˌsȯl, -ˌsōl\Definition of CRESOL
: any of three poisonous colorless crystalline or liquid isomeric phenols C7H8O
Origin of CRESOL
International Scientific Vocabulary, irregular from creosote
First Known Use: circa 1869
cre·sol
noun \ˈkrē-ˌsȯl, -ˌsōl\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of CRESOL
1
: any of three poisonous colorless crystalline or liquid isomeric phenols C7H8O that are used as disinfectants, in making phenolic resins and plasticizers, and in organic synthesis—see metacresol, orthocresol, paracresol
2
: a mixture of cresol isomers—called also tricresol
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