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carbolic acid

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Definition:
An important chemical compound that is a precursor to many industrial products, including plastics. It was once very widely used compound in antiseptics and later in soaps. Common throat sprays still contain this ingredient.

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He saturated a hankerchief with the salve and wrapped the hand. Samuel winced and gripped the chair arm with his good hand.
"It's mostly carbolic acid," Lee said. "You can smell it."

John Steinbeck. East of Eden, p.193 (1952)
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The locker was white-washed and smelled of carbolic acid.

Kurt Vonnegut. Slaughterhouse-Five (1968)
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I sponged the wound, cleaned it, dressed it, and finally covered it over with cotton wadding and carbolised bandages. He lay back without wincing, though he bit his lip from time to time.

Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
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A broad streak of light stretched across the bookcase on one wall of the study; this light came together with the close, heavy smell of carbolic and ether from the door into the bedroom, which stood a little way open. . . .

Anton Chekhov. The Schoolmaster and other stories
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