Medical Definition of Phenyl alcohol

1. 1. A white or pinkish crystalline substance, C6H5OH, produced by the destructive distillation of many organic bodies, as wood, coal, etc, and obtained from the heavy oil from coal tar. It has a peculiar odour, somewhat resembling creosote, which is a complex mixture of phenol derivatives. It is of the type of alcohols, and is called also phenyl alcohol, but has acid properties, and hence is popularly called carbolic acid, and was formerly called phenic acid. It is a powerful caustic poison, and in dilute solution has been used as an antiseptic. 2. Any one of the series of hydroxyl derivatives of which phenol proper is the type. Glacial phenol, any one of a series of compounds having both phenol and aldehyde properties. Phenol phthalein. See Phthalein. Origin: Gr. To show + -ol: cf. F. Phenol. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phenyl Alcohol

phenylpyruvic acids
phenylpyruvic amentia
phenyls
phenylthiazolylthiourea
phenylthiocarbamide
phenylthiocarbamoyl
phenylthiocarbamoyl peptide
phenylthiocarbamoyl protein
phenylthiohydantoin
phenylthiourea
phenylthiourea
phenylthioureas
phenyltoloxamine
phenyltoloxamine
phenyltrimethylammonium
phenyl alcohol (current term)
phenyl aminosalicylate
phenyl salicylate
phenyramidol hydrochloride
phenytoin
phenytoin
phenytoins
pheo-
pheochrome
pheochrome cell
pheochromoblast
pheochromoblastoma
pheochromocyte
pheochromocytoma
pheochromocytoma

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