Guaiacol Definition

gwīə-kôl, -kōl
noun
A whitish, crystalline solid or slightly yellowish, oily liquid, C6H4(OH)OCH3, prepared from guaiacum or wood creosote and used in medicine as an expectorant or antiseptic and as a chemical reagent.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Guaiacol

Noun

Singular:
guaiacol
Plural:
guaiacols

Origin of Guaiacol

  • guaiacum, from which it can be derived, and -ol.

    From Wiktionary

  • guaiac(um) –ol

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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