cresol

noun

cre·​sol ˈkrē-ˌsȯl  -ˌsōl 

: any of three poisonous colorless crystalline or liquid isomeric phenols C₇H₈O

Examples of cresol in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The constantly present base notes are the short-chain straight and branched acids, cresol and other phenolics, and skatole. — Harold McGee, Wired, 6 Nov. 2020

In bioassays, of the 17 fecal odorants that elicited GC-EAD responses from fly antennae, a blend of indole and one or more of the alcohols phenol, m-/p-cresol and 1-octen-3-ol proved as attractive to flies as canine feces. — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2017

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary, irregular from creosote

First Known Use

circa 1869, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cresol

• decile
• nestle
• pestle
• sessile
• trestle
• vessel
• wessel
• wrestle
• subsessile

Medical Definition

cresol

noun

cre·​sol ˈkrē-ˌsȯl, -ˌsōl 

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