Acetol

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  acetol \ac"e*tol\, n. [Acetic + -ol as in alcohol.] (Chem.)
     1. Methyl ketol; also, any of various homologues of the same.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     1. [cap.] a trade name used at different times to represent
        different substances, as hydroxyacetone, acetylsalicylic


        acid, acetal, diethyl aldehyde, or cellulose acetate.
        --MI11
        [PJC]