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car·bol·ic
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carbolated
containing carbolic acid -
carbolic acid
Carbolic acid or carbolic is a liquid that is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic. -
coal-tar creosote
impure phenol or carbolic acid, distinct from the creosote of wood tar. -
listerism
an antiseptic method introduced by Joseph Lister, involving the spraying of the parts under operation with a carbolic acid solution. -
phenol
Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.