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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A yellowish-white crystalline phenol, C12H18O2, used as an antiseptic and anthelmintic.
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- noun organic chemistry A
hexyl derivative ofresorcinol that hasanaesthetic ,antiseptic andantihelmintic properties.
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Many also contain mild antibacterial and antiseptic ingredients such as hexylresorcinol and chlorhexidine to stop secondary infections.
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(irium, hexylresorcinol) to the couching of simple ideas in recondite jargon in order to give them the patina of harmlessness or of great importance.
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