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Definition of Carbolic
1. a. Pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from coal tar and other sources; as, carbolic acid (called also phenic acid, and phenol). See Phenol.
Definition of Carbolic
1. Adjective. of, relating to or containing carbolic acid ¹
2. Noun. carbolic acid or similar disinfectant ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Carbolic
1. an acidic compound [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carbolic
Literary usage of Carbolic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1886)
"The carbolic acid must be pure, and in white crystals. ... He employs two methods
for administering carbolic acid in the treatment of tuberculosis; ..."
2. Preventive medicine and hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau (1917)
"carbolic Acid.—carbolic acid is a very useful disinfecting substance with a wide
... carbolic acid is a popular term for an ill-defined mixture consisting ..."
3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1883)
"Koch showed that both the spores and bacilli of splenic fever were not in the
least degree affected by three months' exposure to carbolic oil, ..."
4. A German-English dictionary of terms used in medicine and the allied sciences by Hugo Lang, Bertram Abrahams (1905)
"Karbol - lösung, /. solution of carbolic acid Karbol-mull, ... solution of carbolic
acid Karbol-zufall, m. injurious effect of carbolic acid Karbunkel, m. ..."
5. Poisons: Their Effects and Detection by Alexander Wynter Blyth, Meredith Wynter Blyth (1906)
"There are various disinfecting fluids containing amounts of carbolic acid, from
10 per cent, upwards. Many of these are somewhat complex mixtures, but, ..."
6. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1871)
"We have recently investigated two new varieties of carbolic Products which Dr.
Grace Calvert, FRS, of Manchester, has introduced, with much advantage to ..."
7. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"EF A, carbolic ACID. Phenol C,H6-OH. The tar produced in gas manufacture was
until the late war the chief source of carbolic acid. ..."
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