Lysol

[ lahy-sawl, -sol ]

/ ˈlaɪ sɔl, -sɒl /

a brand of clear, brown, oily solution of cresols in soap, used as a disinfectant and antiseptic.

Example sentences from the Web for lysol

Glass rips and nozzles—to be boiled before and after using and kept in lysol solution.

Rules and regulations governing maternity hospitals and homes ... September, 1922 |California. State Board of Charities and Corrections
The substances commonly used are carbolic acid, formalin or formaldehyde, lysol, and bichloride of mercury.

A Civic Biology |George William Hunter
Remove the lysol with ether dropped from a drop bottle, and allow the ether to evaporate.

The Elements of Bacteriological Technique |John William Henry Eyre
Lysol—is a brown oily liquid which added to water forms a clear soapy solution.

Family Limitation |Margaret Sanger

Wash the lysol off with ether and allow the latter to evaporate.

The Elements of Bacteriological Technique |John William Henry Eyre

Lysol

/ (ˈlaɪsɒl) /

trademark a solution containing a mixture of cresols in water, used as an antiseptic and disinfectant