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cresol

DEFINITIONS OF: cresol

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n any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols; derived from coal or wood tar; used as a disinfectant

Synonyms:
methyl phenol
Types:
Lysol
a clear oily brown solution of cresols in soap; used as an antiseptic and disinfectant
Type of:
phenol
any of a class of weakly acidic organic compounds; molecule contains one or more hydroxyl groups
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