Crossword-Solution: PETROLATUM
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| Petrolatum | n. | A semisolid unctuous substance, neutral, and without taste or odor, derived from petroleum by distilling off the lighter portions and purifying the residue. It is a yellowish, fatlike mass, transparent in thin layers, and somewhat fluorescent. It is used as a bland protective dressing, and as a substitute for fatty materials in ointments. |
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| Torero's skin softener? | 1 answer |
| petroleum jelly | 2 answers |
| A SEMISOLID MIXTURE OF HYDROCARBONS OBTAINED FROM PETROLEUM | 11 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting
various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged
in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with PETROLATUM (5)
Hess and Unger found that cod-liver oil and liquid petrolatum prevented constipation but failed to prevent scurvy.
The edges of the lids should be washed carefully with soap and warm water or mild solution of borax or soda until the crusts are all cleaned off and then use at night an ointment composed of the following ingredients: Yellow oxide of Mercury 2-1/2 grains Petrolatum 2-1/2 drams Mix and make an ointment and rub on the edge of the lids every night, first cleaning them.
Menthol 10 grains Gum Camphor 10 grains Chloroform 10 drops Oil Petrolatum 8 ounces This prescription is used by the most successful specialists and physicians.
Child says, "The vulva should be shaved, thoroughly cleansed and a mild ointment applied daily thereafter," such as: Salicylic acid 20 grains Oxide of zinc 2 drams Petrolatum enough for 1 ounce Mix and make an ointment and apply daily.
VASELIN.--Under the name of Petrolatum is sold a semi-solid substance derived from certain kinds of petroleum called cosmoline or vaselin.
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Appears in: WP.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1997).