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- A corrosive poisonous crystalline acidic compound present in
coal tar and wood tar that in dilute solutions is used as a disinfectant.
- Any of various acidic compounds analogous to phenols and regarded as hydroxyl
derivatives of aromatic hydrocarbons. When coal and wood are burned for energy,
phenols are released into the atmosphere.
[Merriam Webster's Collegiate
Dictionary, 10th edition, 1993, p.871]
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