carbolic acid

English

Partial calque of German Carbolsäure (modern German Karbolsäure), which was coined in 1834 by its discoverer Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge

Noun

carbolic acid (uncountable)

  1. (dated, organic chemistry) phenol (C6H5OH)

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