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phthiocol

[ thahy-uh-kawl, -kol ]

noun

, Biochemistry.
  1. a yellow crystalline substance, C 1 1 H 8 O 3 , produced by the human tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, having antibiotic and blood-clotting properties.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of phthiocol1

1930–35; phthi(sis) + -o- + intrusive -c- + -ol 1

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