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Carbolic acid

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-001410

A very poisonous chemical substance made from tar and also found in some plants and essential oils (scented liquid taken from plants). Carbolic acid is used to make plastics, nylon, epoxy, medicines, and to kill germs. Also called phenol.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-001410
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymsphenol
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "definition": "A very poisonous chemical substance made from tar and also found in some plants and essential oils (scented liquid taken from plants). Carbolic acid is used to make plastics, nylon, epoxy, medicines, and to kill germs. Also called phenol.",
  "synonyms": [
    "phenol"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/carbolic-acid/"
}

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