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ol (iou)



-ol suffix.
[In sense 1 from ALCOH)OL. In sense 2 from Latin oleum oil: cf. -OLE2.]
Chemistry.
Forming the names of substances which are alcohols in the wider sense (including aromatic alcohols or phenols), as cholesterol, diol, geraniol, methanol, naphthol, thymol, or compounds analogous to alcohol, as thiol.
b. Forming trivial names of substances related to or derived from phenols, as creosol.
Forming the names of oils and oil-derived substances, as benzol etc. (in Chemistry use now formally replaced by -OLE2). Also, forming proprietary names of various kinds of substance, as Lysol etc.