salol Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a white powder with a pleasant taste and odor; used to absorb light in sun tan lotions or as a preservative or an antiseptic or a coating for pills in which the medicine is intended for enteric release
    phenyl salicylate.

WordNet


Sal"ol noun
Etymology
Salicylic + -ol.
Definitions
  1. (Chem.) A white crystalline substance consisting of phenol salicylate.

Webster 1913