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saprol

saprol noun: a dark brown oily compound containing phenol, creosol, and other hydrocarbons such as coal tar products, used as a disinfectant.

Noun

saprol (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) A dark brown oily compound containing phenol, creosol, and other hydrocarbons such as coal tar products, used as a disinfectant.
    • The value of saprol as a disinfectant for human excreta has been investigated by Laser. It being lighter than water floats upon the surface of fluids which, from the supernatant layer dissolve phenol, cresol, and other coal-tar products which are soluble in water.1898, Albion G. Young, Notes on Disinfectants and Disinfection, page 170

saprol meaning in Tamil

saprol in Tamil

சப்புறோல்

Questions about saprol

What does saprol mean?
Saprol means a dark brown oily compound containing phenol, creosol, and other hydrocarbons such as coal tar products, used as a disinfectant.
What is saprol in Tamil?
Saprol in Tamil is சப்புறோல். See Saprol meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is saprol?
Saprol is a noun.

Words near saprol in the dictionary

  1. saprobity
  2. saprodontia
  3. saprogenic
  4. saprogenicity
  5. saprogenous
  6. saprol
  7. saprolegnia
  8. saprolegniaceous
  9. saprolegnian
  10. saprolegnians
  11. saprolegniasis

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