THYMOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thymol mean? 

• THYMOL (noun)
  The noun THYMOL has 1 sense:

1. a colorless crystalline solid used in perfume or preserving biological specimens or in embalming or medically as a fungicide or antiseptic

  Familiarity information: THYMOL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THYMOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colorless crystalline solid used in perfume or preserving biological specimens or in embalming or medically as a fungicide or antiseptic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

thyme camphor; thymic acid; thymol

Hypernyms ("thymol" is a kind of...):

phenol (any of a class of weakly acidic organic compounds; molecule contains one or more hydroxyl groups)

 Context examples 

After three days, when the eggs hatch and the larval stage begins, the capsules release thymol (the active substance) into the water.

(Thyme oil and corn starch prove deadly for mosquito larvae, SciDev.Net)

This oil is obtained from the thyme plant (Thymus vulgaris) and contains thymol, an active compound with biological activities that is widely used as a pharmaceutical and therapeutic agent.

(Thyme oil and corn starch prove deadly for mosquito larvae, SciDev.Net)