guaiacol

guaiacol
/gwuy"euh kohl', -kawl'/, n. Pharm.
a slightly yellowish, aromatic, crystalline substance, C7H8O2, resembling creosote and usually obtained from guaiacum resin: used in medicine chiefly as an expectorant and local anesthetic.
Also called methylcatechol.
[1860-65; GUAIAC(UM) + -OL2]

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