guaiacol Hear it!

guaiacol definition

guaia·col (gwī′ə kôl′, -kōl′)

noun

a whitish, crystalline solid or slightly yellowish, oily liquid, CH(OH)OCH, prepared from guaiacum or wood creosote and used in medicine as an expectorant or antiseptic and as a chemical reagent

Etymology: guaiacum + -ol

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.