Oleaginous

  • 91mineral oil — A mixture of liquid hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum, used as a vehicle in pharmaceutical preparations; occasionally used as an intestinal lubricant; can interfere with absorption of fat soluble vitamins. SYN: heavy liquid petrolatum, liquid… …

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  • 92peanut oil — Oil extracted from the kernels of one or more cultivated varieties of Arachis hypogaea (family Leguminosae); used as a solvent for intramuscular injections and in the preparation of foods. SYN: arachis oil. * * * pea·nut oil pē nət n a colorless… …

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  • 93unctuous — Greasy or oily. [L. unctuosus, fr. unctio, unction] * * * unc·tu·ous əŋ(k) chə( wə)s, əŋ(k)sh wəs adj rich in oil or fat: FATTY <an unctuous pharmaceutical preparation> * * * unc·tu·ous (ungkґchoo əs) greasy or oily; oleaginous …

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  • 94Malvern Instruments — Type Private Limited Company [1] Industry Instrumentation …

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  • 95Soap —    (Jer. 2:22; Mal. 3:2; Heb. borith), properly a vegetable alkali, obtained from the ashes of certain plants, particularly the salsola kali (saltwort), which abounds on the shores of the Dead Sea and of the Mediterranean. It does not appear that …

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  • 96sesame oil — n a pale yellow bland semidrying fatty oil obtained from sesame seeds and used chiefly as an edible oil, as a vehicle for various pharmaceuticals, and in cosmetics and soaps called also benne oil, teel oil * * * [NF] the refined fixed oil… …

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  • 97white ointment — n an ointment consisting of 5 percent white wax and 95 percent white petrolatum called also simple ointment * * * [USP] an oleaginous ointment base prepared from white wax and white petrolatum …

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  • 98white petrolatum — n PETROLATUM (b) * * * [USP] a wholly or nearly decolorized, purified mixture of semisolid hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used as an oleaginous ointment base and topical skin protectant …

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  • 99alkyl (C12–15) benzoate — [NF] the esters of a mixture of C12 to C15 alcohols and benzoic acid, used as an oleaginous vehicle and emollient in pharmaceutical preparations …

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  • 100ointment base — a vehicle for the medicinal substances carried in an ointment. Ointment bases are divided into hydrocarbon bases, which are oleaginous; absorption bases, which include both anhydrous and water in oil emulsions and are able to incorporate aqueous… …

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