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Definition of Detergents
1. detergent [n] - See also: detergent
Medical Definition of Detergents
1. Purifying or cleansing agents, usually salts of long-chain aliphatic bases or acids, that exert cleansing (oil-dissolving) and antimicrobial effects through a surface action that depends on possessing both hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Detergents
Literary usage of Detergents
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Such a situation seems to be developing with respect to detergents. ... The New
York Times has editorialized on "Deadly detergents. ..."
2. Dental Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Prescription Writing by Eli Herr Long (1909)
"detergents. THE term detergent, meaning a cleansing agent, applies rather to one
... Therefore, it seems unnecessary to make a separate class of detergents. ..."
3. Keeping It Clean: Removing Exterior Dirt, Paint, Stains and Graffiti from by Anne E. Grimmer (1992)
"Surfactants and detergents polished granite, glazed brick, architectural terra
cotta Surfactants (without acids or alkalies) can be used on polished granite ..."
4. Descriptive Catalogue of a Collection of the Economic Minerals of Canada by Geological Survey of Canada (1876)
"The deposits of this substance are very common throughout eastern Ontario, forming
the beds of many lakes.—Allusion v. MINERAL PIGMENTS AND detergents. ..."
5. Practical Nursing: A Text-book for Nurses by Anna Caroline Maxwell, Amy Elizabeth Pope (1914)
"Nature and Action of the Agents Most Frequently Used as detergents and for the
Removal of Stains. Methods Used in Cleaning and Removing Stains from Walls, ..."
6. Potential Impact on the U. S. Economy and Industries of the GATT Uruguay ...by Mark Estes by Mark Estes (1994)
"Soap*, detergents, and surface-active agents: US exports of domestic merchandise,
imports for consumption, and merchandise trade balance, ..."
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