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Petrolatum
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(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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Petrolatum'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/petrolatum.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Petrolatum'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/petrolatum.html. 1828.
