CREOSOL
\kɹɪˈɒsɒl], \kɹɪˈɒsɒl], \k_ɹ_ɪ__ˈɒ_s_ɒ_l]\
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A colorless liquid resembling phenol or carbolic acid, homologous with pyrocatechin, and obtained from beechwood tar and gum guaiacum.
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A compound, C8H10O2, occuring in creosote.
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An astringent powder consisting of tannic acid mixed with the phenols of creosote. Recommended locally and internally in laryngitis.
By Alexander Duane
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Quinones
- Hydrocarbon rings which contain two moieties position. They can be substituted in any position except at the ketone groups.