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thymol

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Its main active ingredient is thymol (from thyme) and it's EPA approved for fungicidal, bactericidal, and viricidal use.

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(chemistry) a monoterpene phenol, C₁₀H₁₃OH, found in the oil extracted from thyme; used as in perfume, as an antiseptic and fungicide, and in embalming

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noun

(chemistry) a monoterpene phenol, C₁₀H₁₃OH, found in the oil extracted from thyme; used as in perfume, as an antiseptic and fungicide, and in embalming

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for thymol.

noun

(chemistry) a monoterpene phenol, C₁₀H₁₃OH, found in the oil extracted from thyme; used as in perfume, as an antiseptic and fungicide, and in embalming

See also: thyme-camphor, thymic-acid

Example sentences

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Its main active ingredient is thymol (from thyme) and it's EPA approved for fungicidal, bactericidal, and viricidal use.

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G: Thyme has well known antimicrobial properties and thymol is (or at least was) a component of commercial mouthwash.

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Animals do eat fermented food, through fallen/rotting fruits, so perhaps the thymol sensitivity predates hominids.

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And of course there's not nearly enough thymol or menthol...

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I think my favorite was thymol, a thyme extract.

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But we also keep pushing back earliest dates for precursors to civilization, I start to wonder if maybe there aren't graveyards of people who couldn't distinguish thymol from ethanol and selected themselves out of human history via acute liver failure.

Quote examples

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My preference is to alternate "natural" thymol/oxalic treatments with Apivar.

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I prefer to alternate Apiguard ("natural" thymol) and Apivar (miticide) to minimize tolerance effects and they both work quite well (100x reduction).

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How do you use thymol in a sentence?

Its main active ingredient is thymol (from thyme) and it's EPA approved for fungicidal, bactericidal, and viricidal use.

What does thymol mean?

(chemistry) a monoterpene phenol, C₁₀H₁₃OH, found in the oil extracted from thyme; used as in perfume, as an antiseptic and fungicide, and in embalming

What part of speech is thymol?

thymol is commonly used as noun.