First Known Use: circa 1869
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cresol
noun cre·sol \ˈkrē-ˌsȯl, -ˌsōl\
Definition of CRESOL
: any of three poisonous colorless crystalline or liquid isomeric phenols C7H8O
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Origin of CRESOL
International Scientific Vocabulary, irregular from creosote
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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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