carbolic acid
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of carbolic acid
C19: carbolic, from carbo- + -ol 1 + -ic
Example Sentences
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Carbolic acid was sprayed into buildings and chlorinated lime sprinkled in houses; rats were trapped and poisoned; ramshackle balcony additions were removed from tiny Chinatown apartments; houses were searched for potential plague cases.
From Scientific American • Feb. 18, 2013
Carbolic acid is used to make telephones, cigaret holders, auto enamels, explosives, and many another U. S. product, as well as to disinfect.
From Time Magazine Archive
Carbolic acid, however, dissolves gas in the body and the abdomen is then likely to collapse.
From Time Magazine Archive
Carbolic acid exerts a powerful influence on the vitality of all living elements, and hence also on rapidly proliferating epithelium, which constitutes a part of the diphtheritic membrane.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Carbolic acid or phenol belongs to a class of compounds derived from hydrocarbons of the benzene and related series by the substitution of the residue of water for hydrogen.
From Coal and What We Get from It by Meldola, Raphael
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