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accessory olivary nuclei(medicine)
dorsal accessory olivary nucleus(medicine)
accessory portion of spinal accessory nerve(medicine)
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2,6-diisopropyl phenol(medicine)

medial accessory olivary nucleus (medicine) and Phenol (medicine)


medial accessory olivary nucleus (medicine)


medial accessory olivary nucleus


A detached part of the olivary nucleus medial to the latter's main body, against the lateral side of the medial lemniscus and pyramidal tract.

Synonym: nucleus olivaris accessorius medialis.


Phenol (medicine)


phenol
<chemistry>

1. A white or pinkish crystalline substance, C6H5OH, produced by the destructive distillation of many organic bodies, as wood, coal, etc, and obtained from the heavy oil from coal tar.

It has a peculiar odour, somewhat resembling creosote, which is a complex mixture of phenol Derivatives. It is of the type of alcohols, and is called also phenyl alcohol, but has acid properties, and hence is popularly called carbolic acid, and was formerly called phenic acid. It is a powerful caustic poison, and in dilute solution has been used as an antiseptic.

2. Any one of the series of hydroxyl Derivatives of which phenol proper is the type.

<chemistry> Glacial phenol, any one of a series of compounds having both phenol and aldehyde properties. Phenol phthalein. See Phthalein.

Origin: Gr. To show + -ol: cf. F. Phenol.

Source: Websters Dictionary