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boracic

[ buh-ras-ik, baw-, boh- ]

adjective

Chemistry.


boracic

/ bəˈræsɪk /

adjective

  1. another word for boric
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of boracic1

1795–1805; borac- (stem of borax 1 ) + -ic
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Example Sentences

Prior to his admission he had been bitten on the calf of one leg by a dog, and complaining of pain from this wound, we dressed it with a simple boracic fomentation.

"This should be thoroughly washed, and have some boracic ointment put on it at once," said Cissy, with the quick emphasis of an expert.

The "tear-channels" which led to this digression can be helped not to exist by using a boracic acid lotion to the eye; but the stains are often ineffaceable.

Pertaining to, or produced from, borax; containing boron; boric; as, boracic acid.

The substitution of 2 or 3 drachms of boracic acid in place of the carbolic acid makes a nicer preparation.

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