SINCE 1828
cresol
noun
cre·sol
| \ ˈkrē-ˌsȯl
, -ˌsōl\
, -ˌsōl\
Definition of cresol
: any of three poisonous colorless crystalline or liquid isomeric phenols C7H8O
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cresol
noun
cre·sol
| \ ˈkrē-ˌsȯl, -ˌsōl
\
\
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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