English Explanatory Dictionary

carbolic acid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. phenol (C₆H₅OH)

Word forms

carbolic acid

Etymology

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

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