liquid petrolatum
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of liquid petrolatum
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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Nerve grafts from cadavers can be preserved for long periods, Dr. de Rezende found, in either liquid petrolatum or alcohol.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Lung-mapping by a roentgenogram taken promptly after the bronchoscopic insufflation of bismuth subnitrate powder or the injection of a suspension of bismuth in liquid petrolatum is advisable in most cases of pulmonary abscess before beginning any kind of treatment.
From Project Gutenberg
Liquid petrolatum with a little oil of eucalyptus has been most often the medium.
From Project Gutenberg
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.
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