Ke"tol (?), n. [Ketone + indol.] Chem.

One of a series of series of complex nitrogenous substances, represented by methyl ketol and related to indol.

Methyl ketol, a weak organic base, obtained as a white crystalline substance having the odor of faeces.

 

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