phthiocol

[ thahy-uh-kawl, -kol ]
/ ˈθaɪ əˌkɔl, -ˌkɒl /

noun Biochemistry.

a yellow crystalline substance, C11H8O3, produced by the human tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, having antibiotic and blood-clotting properties.

Origin of phthiocol

1930–35; phthi(sis) + -o- + intrusive -c- + -ol1

Words nearby phthiocol

phthalic anhydride, phthalin, phthalocyanine, phthalocyanine blue, phthalocyanine green, phthiocol, phthiriasis, phthiriasis pubis, phthirus, phthisic, phthisical