n :  a crystalline phenol C₁₂H₁₈O₂ used as an antiseptic (as in a throat lozenge) and as an anthelmintic against ascarids (esp. Ascaris lumbricoides), hookworms, and whipworms (esp. Trichuris trichiura) .
 
   
 
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