thymol
See also: Thymol
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thymol (countable and uncountable, plural thymols)
- (chemistry) a monoterpene phenol, C10H13OH, found in the oil extracted from thyme; used as in perfume, as an antiseptic and fungicide, and in embalming
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a monoterpene phenol
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From thym + -ol, coined by French chemist Alexandre Lallemand in 1853.
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thymol m (plural thymols)
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- “thymol”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.