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skat⋅ole

  [skat-ohl, -awl]
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–noun
a white, crystalline, watersoluble solid, C9H9N, having a strong, fecal odor: used chiefly as a fixative in the manufacture of perfume.
Origin:
1875–80; < Gk skat- (s. of skôr) dung + -ole 2
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skat·ole   (skāt'ōl, -ôl)   
n.  A white crystalline organic compound, C9H9N, having a strong fecal odor, found naturally in feces, beets, and coal tar and used as a fixative in the manufacture of perfume.

[Greek skōr, skat-, dung; see sker-3 in Indo-European roots + -ole.]
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Main Entry: ska·tole
Pronunciation: 'skat-"Ol, 'skAt-
Variant: also ska·tol /-"ol, -"Ol/
Function: noun
: afoul-smelling compound C9H9N found in the intestines and feces, in civet, and in several plants or made synthetically and used in perfumes as a fixative
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skatole skat·ole (skāt'ōl, -ôl)
n.
A crystalline organic compound that is formed in the intestine by the bacterial decomposition of tryptophan and that has a strong fecal odor, found naturally in feces, beets, and coal tar.

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