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cre·sol \ˈkrēˌsōl, -ˌsȯl\ noun (-s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary cres- (irregular from creosote) + -ol; probably originally formed as German kresol 1. : any of three poisonous colorless crystalline or liquid isomeric phenols CH3C6H4OH distinguished as ortho-cresol, meta-cresol, and para-cresol, obtained usually from coal tar, and used chiefly as disinfectants, in making phenolic resins and plasticizers, and in organic synthesis; methyl-phenol 2. : a mixture of isomeric cresols obtained from coal tar |