trinitrocresol love

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A substance obtained by the action of concentrated nitric acid on cresol from coal-tar.

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  • noun organic chemistry, medicine Any of several isomeric trinitro derivatives of cresol; the commercial mixture was once used as an antiseptic

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