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Definition of Petrolatum

1. Noun. A semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used in medicinal ointments and for lubrication.

Definition of Petrolatum

1. n. A semisolid unctuous substance, neutral, and without taste or odor, derived from petroleum by distilling off the lighter portions and purifying the residue. It is a yellowish, fatlike mass, transparent in thin layers, and somewhat fluorescent. It is used as a bland protective dressing, and as a substitute for fatty materials in ointments.

Definition of Petrolatum

1. Noun. a smooth, semisolid mixture of mineral oil and waxes; used as a lubricant and in polishes, cosmetics and ointments ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Petrolatum

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Medical Definition of Petrolatum

1. A semisolid unctuous substance, neutral, and without taste or odour, derived from petroleum by distilling off the lighter portions and purifying the residue. It is a yellowish, fatlike mass, transparent in thin layers, and somewhat fluorescent. It is used as a bland protective dressing, and as a substitute for fatty materials in ointments. Petrolatum is the official name for the purified product. Cosmoline and vaseline are commercial names for substances essentially the same, but differing slightly in appearance and consistency or fusibility. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Petrolatum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Petroleum Industry by Raymond Foss Bacon, William Allen Hamor (1916)
"... etc.2 It is stated to have a specific.gravity of 0.845 at 100°F.1 petrolatum is prepared from the residue left in the stills after the distillation of ..."

2. The Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America: (The United States by United States Pharmacopoeial Convention (1820)
"petrolatum is insoluble in water: almost insoluble in cold or hot alcohol, c in cold dehydrated alcohol; freely soluble in ether, chloroform, ..."

3. Principles of Pharmacy by Henry Vinecome Arny (1909)
"If a test-tube be half filled with Liquid petrolatum and a piece of moistened blue ... When heated on platinum foil, Liquid petrolatum is completely ..."

4. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1891)
"petrolatum. BY JOHN AULDE, MD [Communicated June 24,1891. ... petrolatum products are used by the veterinarian and by the dermatologist in the preparation ..."

5. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"Oxid. Flav.; USP, ю per cent.; BP, 2 percent.—It is usid in ophthalmology against inflammations of the lids and conjunctiva, being diluted with petrolatum ..."

6. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1901)
"MI Wilbert makes some practical observations on the composition and uses of ointments, with particular reference to the substitution of petrolatum for lard ..."

7. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1901)
"MI Wilbert makes some practical observations on the composition and uses of ointments, with particular reference to the substitution of petrolatum for lard ..."

8. Therapeutic Gazette (1917)
"The liquid petrolatum is entirely painless, and protects the wound against ... The liquid petrolatum could be easily applied with an ordinary oil atomizer. ..."

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