/thuy"euh kawl', -kol'/ , n. Biochem.
a yellow crystalline substance, C 11 H 8 O 3 , produced by the human tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, having antibiotic and blood-clotting properties.
[ 1930-35; PHTHI(SIS) + -O- + intrusive -c- + -OL 1 ]