2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Phenol \Phe"nol\ (f[=e]"n[=o]l; 277), n. [Gr. fai`nein to show + -ol: cf. F. ph['e]nol.] (Chem.) 1. A white or pinkish crystalline substance, {C6H5OH}, produced by the destructive distillation of many organic bodies, as wood, coal, etc., and obtained from the heavy oil from coal tar. [1913 Webster] Note: It has a peculiar odor, somewhat resembling creosote, which is a complex mixture of phenol derivatives. It is of the type of alcohols, and is called also {phenyl alcohol}, but has acid properties, and hence is popularly called {carbolic acid}, and was formerly called {phenic acid}. It is a powerful caustic poison, and in dilute solution has been used as an antiseptic. [1913 Webster] 2. Any one of the series of hydroxyl derivatives of which phenol proper is the type. [1913 Webster] {Glacial phenol} (Chem.), pure crystallized phenol or carbolic acid. {Phenol acid} (Chem.), any one of a series of compounds which are at once a derivative of phenol and an organic acid; thus, {salicylic acid} is a phenol acid. {Phenol alcohol} (Chem.), any one of series of derivatives of phenol and carbinol which have the properties of both combined; thus, {saligenin} is a phenol alcohol. {Phenol aldehyde} (Chem.), any one of a series of compounds having both phenol and aldehyde properties. {Phenol phthalein}. See {phenolphthalein}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Carbolic acid \Car*bol"ic ac"id\ (k[aum]r*b[o^]l"[i^]k [a^]s"[i^]d), n. [L. carbo coal + oleum oil.] (Chem.) same as {phenol[1]}, ({C6H5.OH}). See {phenol[1]}. Syn: phenol[1], hydroxybenzene, phenyl hydroxide, phenic acid. [PJC]
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