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Definition of Creosol
1. Noun. A colorless to yellow aromatic liquid that is a constituent of creosote.
Definition of Creosol
1. n. A colorless liquid resembling phenol or carbolic acid, homologous with pyrocatechin, and obtained from beechwood tar and gum guaiacum.
Definition of Creosol
1. Noun. (organic compounds) The methoxy phenol ''2-methoxy-4-methylphenol'' that is a constituent of creosote ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Creosol
1. a chemical compound [n -S]
Medical Definition of Creosol
1. 2-Methoxy-p-cresol;a slightly yellowish aromatic liquid distilled from guaiac or from beechwood tar; a constituent of creosote. Compare: cresol. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Creosol
Literary usage of Creosol
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"667), boiling at 220°, consists chiefly of creosol and ... Potassium-creosol is
precipitated on adding alcoholic potash to the ethereal solution; ..."
2. Wöhler's Outlines of Organic Chemistry by Friedrich Wöhler, Ira Remsen, Rudolph Fittig (1873)
"Yields salts that crystallize well, and are for the greater part easily soluble.
creosol ... creosol ..."
3. American Druggist (1890)
"Creosote, when pure, is mainly a mixture of guaiacol and creosol (not ...
Pure guaiacol has the specific gravity 1.117 at 15" C., and pure creosol that of ..."
4. A Manual of pharmacology and its applications to therapeutics and toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"USP—A mixture of the carbonates of various constituents of creosote, chiefly
guaiacol and creosol. A clear, colorless or yellowish, viscid liquid, ..."
5. The Microtomist's Vade-mecum: A Handbook of the Methods of Microscopic Anatomy by Arthur Bolles Lee (1893)
"Dehydrate rapidly in absolute alcohol, differentiate in creosol (details not
given), rinse in xylol, and mount in balsam. B. General Stain, also bringing ..."
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