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Definition of Guaiacol

1. n. A colorless liquid, C₇H₈O₂, with a peculiar odor. It is the methyl ether of pyrocatechin, and is obtained by distilling guaiacum from wood-tar creosote, and in other ways. It has been used in treating pulmonary tuberculosis.

Definition of Guaiacol

1. Noun. (chemistry) A naturally occurring aromatic organic compound with the chemical formula C₆H₄(OH)(OCH₃), having certain medicinal applications. ¹

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Definition of Guaiacol

1. a chemical compound [n -S]

Medical Definition of Guaiacol

1. An agent thought to have disinfectant properties and used as an expectorant. Pharmacological action: disinfectants, expectorants. Chemical name: Phenol, 2-methoxy- (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Guaiacol

Literary usage of Guaiacol

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1896)
"SOME THERAPEUTIC USES OF guaiacol. HORACE G. McCORMICK, MD [Read April 22, 1890.] I desire to give my experience, gleaned from bedside observation,of that ..."

2. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1892)
"Treatment with Subcutaneous Injections of guaiacol Rapidly Increased. ... These media were impregnated with guaiacol in the proportions of i to 1000, ..."

3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1894)
"Stolzen- burg gives an account of a new method of using guaiacol as an antipyretic, ... Excretion of guaiacol takes place through the breath and the urine. ..."

4. Technical Methods of Chemical Analysis by Georg Lunge (1914)
"A mixture of I vol. of guaiacol with 2 vols. of sodium hydroxide ... guaiacol should dissolve to a colourless solution in cold, concentrated sulphuric acid. ..."

5. The Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America: (The United States by United States Pharmacopoeial Convention (1820)
"guaiacol is a colorless or yellowish, strongly refractive liquid, ... One Gm. of guaiacol dissolves in 53 mils of water and in 0.8 mil of glycerin at 25° C. ..."

6. The Newer Remedies ...: A Reference Book for Physicians, Pharmacists, and by Virgil Coblentz (1899)
"Beechwood tar creosote, which consists of a mixture of guaiacol. cresols, ... When pure. guaiacol forms a crystalline solid, which melts at 28.5° C. (83.3° ..."

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