Cre"o*sol (kr?"?-s?l), n. [Cresote + phenol.] Chem.

A colorless liquid resembling phenol or carbolic acid, homologous with pyrocatechin, and obtained from beechwood tar and gum guaiacum.

[Written also creasol.]

 

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