Definitions for "Guaiac"
Keywords:  lignum, vitae, occult, greenish, genus
A resin obtained from trees. An alcoholic solution of guaiac is used in testing the feces for the presence of occult blood.
hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum
Keywords:  reagent, stool, test, blood
Used as a reagent to test for blood in the stool.
Keywords:  pertaining, resembling
Pertaining to, or resembling, guaiacum.