(organic chemistry, uncountable) A caustic, poisonous, white crystalline compound, C₆H₅OH, derived from benzene and used in resins, plastics, and pharmaceuticals and in dilute form as a disinfectant and antiseptic; once called carbolic acid

plural of phenolic

(organic chemistry) Of, relating to, or derived from a phenol.

(organic chemistry) A phenol compound. / Any thermosetting resin manufactured from phenols and aldehydes.

(chemistry) phenoxide

plural of phenolate

plural of phenol

Treated with phenol / Reacted with a phenol or phenolate

simple past tense and past participle of phenolize

Treated, or reacted, with a phenol.