meaning of cresol
1. Any one of three metameric substances, CH3. C6H4. OH, homologous with and resembling phenol. They are obtained from coal tar and wood tar, and are colorless, oily liquids or solids. [Called also cresylic acid. ]
2. any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols; derived from coal or wood tar; used as a disinfectant
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