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tricresol

[ trahy-kree-sawl, -sol ]

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. a mixture of the three isomeric cresols.


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Example Sentences

The inclusion of the phosphoric acid ester of tricresol in the Jamaica ginger was an accident of careless manufacture.

I believe that eserin irritation is most successfully avoided, not by preparations of the myotics in combination with the antiseptics, for example, tricresol, which has been so much advocated, but by ordering very small quantities of the solution, insisting that it shall be frequently renewed and sterilized at each preparation, and that a half an hour after its instillation, during the day time at least, the eye shall be thoroughly flushed with some mild antiseptic solution, for example, boric acid and sodium chlorid.

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