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cre·sol

n 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  .
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  cre·syl  grac·ile 

 
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