liquid petrolatum
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of liquid petrolatum
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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It is now certain that healthy persons may develop severe types of lipid pneumonia, especially if they use medicated liquid petrolatum intranasally in large quantities over long periods of time.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nerve grafts from cadavers can be preserved for long periods, Dr. de Rezende found, in either liquid petrolatum or alcohol.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fluid or liquid petrolatum is much used now in the form of a spray in the treatment of acute and chronic catarrh and after irritant applications to the nasal cavities.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
Hess and Unger found that cod-liver oil and liquid petrolatum prevented constipation but failed to prevent scurvy.
From The Vitamine Manual by Eddy, Walter H.
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