cresol

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  1. noun Any of three isomeric phenols, CH3C6H4OH, used in resins and as a disinfectant.

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  • This project propose to develop electrochemical sensors for the in-situ detection of a range of pollutants present in sea waters, which will be: e.g. phenol, cresol, lead, styrene, carbon tetrachloride and dissolved oxygen. —  Naturejobs - All Jobs
  • In moist gangrene the tissue should be thoroughly disinfected with a 3 per cent solution of compound cresol, or particularly an alcoholic tincture of camphor. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
  • As a disinfectant the compound solution of cresol, carbolic acid, or chlorid of lime may be used, by mixing 6 ounces of any one of these chemicals with 1 gallon of water. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
  • They are arranged over cesspools 18 feet deep, disinfected every day with whitewash and cresol, and are quite odourless Medical Attention._--The health of the inmates of Sidi Bishr Camp is looked after by an English doctor, Captain Gillespie, assisted by an Armenian doctor, who practised at Aleppo in Turkey before the war These two doctors speak Arabic and Turkish An English corporal and 5 English hospital orderlies take care of the sick Twenty-one Egyptian orderlies do the sanitary work of the camp; serious cases are sent to the English hospital at Alexandria. —  Turkish Prisoners in Egypt A Report by the Delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross
  • Compound cresol may be used in a 1 to 3 per cent solution in water. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
 

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