ˈgərbəˌtȯl-, -tōl- noun
Usage: usually capitalized G
Etymology: girbotol from Gir dler Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky, company where the process was developed + Robert R. Bot toms b 1890 American chemist that devised the process + English -ol
: a process used industrially for removing acidic impurities (as hydrogen sulfide or carbon dioxide) from gases by passing them through a solution of an ethanolamine