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Antibacterial substance that is a water-soluble powder used in antiseptic soaps and toothpaste
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hexachlorophene
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n. A disinfectant polyhalogenated compound that occurs as a white to light-tan crystalline powder.
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Hexachlorophene , also known as Nabac , is an organochlorine compound that was once widely used as a disinfectant . The compound occurs as a white odorless solid, although commercial samples can be off-white and possess a slightly phenolic odor. It is insoluble ...
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n. antibacterial substance that is a water-soluble powder used in antiseptic soaps and toothpaste
Usage examples of hexachlorophene.
During the next month he tried aureomycin, bacitracin, stannous flouride, hexylresorcinol, cortisone, penicillin, hexachlorophene, shark-liver extract, and 7,312 assorted other miracles of modern medical science, all to no avail.