Definition of Carbolize

1. v. t. To apply carbolic acid to; to wash or treat with carbolic acid.

Definition of Carbolize

1. Verb. (medicine transitive) To wash or treat with carbolic acid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Carbolize

1. [v -LIZED, -LIZING, -LIZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carbolize

carbohydrides
carbohæmia
carbokentbrooksite
carbol-fuchsin
carbol-fuchsin paint
carbol-thionin stain
carbolate
carbolated
carbolic
carbolic acid
carbolic soap
carbolics
carboline
carbolines
carbolise
carbolize (current term)
carbolized
carbolizes
carbolizing
carboluria
carbomer
carbomers
carbometallation
carbometallations
carbomethoxy
carbometry
carbomycin
carbomycin 3-O-acetyltransferase
carbon
carbon-11

Literary usage of Carbolize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nursing Technic by Mary Curtis Wheeler (1918)
"carbolize upper part of bed and springs with '2l/2 per cent. carbolic solution ... carbolize springs and lower half of bed. 8. Apply phenol, 95 per cent, ..."

2. The Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner (1883)
"... carbolize«l. as well as trie water in which t',* Utter are cleansed, we need feel little fear for the result. Aid if '-M «4V-ru^l for irrigation be ..."

3. Pocket-book of medical practice: Including Disaeses of the Kidneys, Skin by Charles Garchell (1905)
"SUTURES AND LIGATURES. Silk or Linen.—Boil it in water for 5 minutes. Silk-worm Gut.—The same, or carbolize it in Carbolic acid (95%). Silver or Iron Wire. ..."

4. American Druggist (1884)
"The formula, as given, calling the parts pounds, is sufficient to carbolize 160 yards of the gauze. in a box or other suitable receptacle, ..."

5. The Science and Art of Surgery: Being a Treatise on Surgical Injuries by Marcus Beck (1884)
"It is not sufficient therefore merely to carbolize the instruments and to use antiseptic solutions in the evacua- tor ; the end of the penis should be ..."

6. A Text-book of Elementary Military Hygiene and Sanitation by Frank R. Keefer (1918)
"Scrubbing or spraying crevices in bunks with kerosene or a carbolize'd solution will destroy the insects; boiling water will dispose of eggs as well as of ..."

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