PARAFFIN
\pˈaɹəfˌɪn], \pˈaɹəfˌɪn], \p_ˈa_ɹ_ə_f_ˌɪ_n]\
Definitions of PARAFFIN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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a non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH (2n+2)
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British usage
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from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings
By Princeton University
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a non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH (2n+2)
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British usage
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from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A mixture of solid hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum. It has a wide range of uses including as a stiffening agent in ointments, as a lubricant, and as a topical anti-inflammatory. It is also commonly used as an embedding material in histology.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A tasteless, odorless, waxy substance, soluble in carbon disulphid, chloroform, and benzin, first obtained by the distillation of beechwood tar, and now manufactured from bituminous coal. It consists of a number of hydrocarbons.
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Of Watts and others, one of the series of saturated hydrocarbons. The series includes the colorless gases methane, ethane, propane, and butane, and the liquids, pentane, hexane, heptane, octane, nonane, and decane, etc. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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