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What is a cresol?

What is a cresol? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (chemistry) Any of the three isomeric phenols derived from toluene: ortho-, meta- or para-methylphenol.
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Cresol and phenol, found in Chloraseptic, may cause a brown or yellow-green color that darkens on standing.
Among the substances deserving mention under this head we have indol, skatol, cresol, and phenol.
Various pH indicators such as Cresol Red, c naphtholphthalein, Tropaeolin OOO, Thymol blue, and phenolphthalein can be used.
Police said the poison used in the latest attack was cresol, a powerful and toxic disinfectant.
So instead of phenol, other coal tar products such as cresol, naphthol or benzene itself may be used.
They are arranged over cesspools 18 feet deep, disinfected every day with whitewash and cresol, and are quite odourless.

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