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CREOSOL

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cre⋅o⋅sol

  [kree-uh-sawl, -sol]
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–noun Chemistry.
a colorless oily liquid, C8H10O2, having an agreeable odor and a burning taste, obtained from wood tar and guaiacum resin: used as a disinfectant, in the manufacture of resins, and in ore flotation.
Origin:
1860–65; creos(ote) + -ol 2
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cre·o·sol   (krē'ə-sôl', -sŏl', -sōl')   
n.  A colorless to yellow aromatic liquid, C8H10O2, that is a constituent of creosote.

[creos(ote) + -ol1.]
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