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skatole definition

skat·ole (skat′ōl)

noun

a foul-smelling, colorless, crystalline compound, CHN, formed by the decomposition of proteins, as in the intestine

Etymology: < Gr skōr (gen. skatos), dung (see scato-) + -ol

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