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-ol
The
suffix
–ol
is used in
organic chemistry
principally
to form
names
of
organic compounds
containing
the
hydroxyl group
, mainly
alcohols
. The suffix was
extracted
from
the word
alcohol
.
The suffix also
appears
in some
trivial names
with
reference
to
oils
.
Examples
of this
sense
of the suffix include
benzol
,
eugenol
,
urushiol
,
xylol
, and
menthol
.