carbolize

American  

[kahr-buh-lahyz] / ˈkɑr bəˌlaɪz /

especially British, carbolise

verb (used with object)

carbolized, carbolizing

1. phenolate.

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carbolize British  

/ ˈkɑːbəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. (tr) another word for phenolate

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Etymology

Origin of carbolize

First recorded in 1865–70; carbol(ic) + -ize

Example Sentences

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carbolized

The clothing and bed-coverings are to be thoroughly baked or boiled, the pediculi and their ova being in this manner destroyed; a thymol or carbolized boric-acid lotion may be used to relieve the cutaneous irritation.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

Treatment.—Simple frostbites are best treated by cold fomentations followed by applications of a 5 per cent solution of carbolized oil.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

Chilblains, Witch-hazel for.—"Bathe feet in lukewarm water and soda and apply carbolized witch-hazel."

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

When it has broken down the pus may be drawn out with a cupping-glass, and carbolized glycerine or carbolized water introduced into each opening, and the ichthyol ointment superimposed.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

Her emotions are carbolized, her heart is sterilized, her personality has the mathematical perfection of something turned out by a super-machine: like, say, the last word in machine-guns.

From A Woman Named Smith by Oemler, Marie Conway