thymol
[thahy-mohl, -mawl]
- a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C10H14O, having a pungent, aromatic taste and odor, obtained from the oil distilled from thyme or prepared synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, embalming, preserving biological specimens, and in medicine as a fungicide and antiseptic.
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Origin of thymol
Also called thyme camphor, thymic acid [tahy-mik] /ˈtaɪ mɪk/.
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Our return to thymol for intestinal parasites is interesting.
Old-Time Makers of MedicineJames J. Walsh
They have the odor of thymol or menthol and an acid taste and reaction.
His results with phenol, thymol, and salicylic acid have been unfavorable.
Malefern, santonine, thymol and other anthelmintic remedies are prescribed.
Filter the solution obtained and treat with an acid—hydrochloric acid, for example—which sets free the thymol.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume IIArnold Cooley
thymol
- a white crystalline substance with an aromatic odour, obtained from the oil of thyme and used as a fungicide, antiseptic, and anthelmintic and in perfumery and embalming; 2-isopropylphenol. Formula: (CH 3) 2 CHC 6 H 3 (CH 3)OH
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Word Origin
C19: from thyme + -ol ²
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thymol
(thī′môl′, -mōl′)- A white crystalline aromatic compound derived from thyme oil and other oils or made synthetically and used as an antiseptic, a fungicide, and a preservative.
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