The Collaborative International Dictionary
Boric \Bo"ric\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, boron.
Boric acid, a white crystalline substance B(OH)3, easily obtained from its salts, and occurring in solution in the hot lagoons of Tuscany.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context chemistry English) H3BO3; B(OH)3; a white crystalline solid, soluble in hot water to form a weak acid. Used as a mild antiseptic, flame retardant, insecticide(,) and in the manufacture of borax and other borate salts. 2 (context chemistry English) A hydrate of boric oxide, specifically any of the three acids orthoboric acid, metaboric acid(,) or pyroboric acid.
WordNet
n. a white or colorless slightly acid solid that is soluble in water and ethanol; used in the manufacture of glass and paper and adhesives and in detergents and as a flux in welding; also used as an antiseptic and food preservative [syn: orthoboric acid]
any of various acids containing boron and oxygen [syn: boracic acid]
Wikipedia
Boric acid, also called hydrogen borate, boracic acid, orthoboric acid and , is a weak, monobasic Lewis acid of boron often used as an antiseptic, insecticide, flame retardant, neutron absorber, or precursor to other chemical compounds. It has the chemical formula H B O (sometimes written B(OH)), and exists in the form of colorless crystals or a white powder that dissolves in water. When occurring as a mineral, it is called sassolite.
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Usage examples of "boric acid".
Then he checked his first-aid kit for bandage roll, tourniquet, sterile gauze compress, one-shot antirabies serum, boric acid solution.
Of the chemicals tested, only borax and boric acid could be used at a level high enough to delay the growth of contaminants and still not interfere with penicillin production.
To make it, you needed boric acid, or one of the borate salts, such as borax.
I'm tired of Roach Motels, Baygon, boric acid and other pansy-ass roach killers.
Boron oxide is readily obtained from borax (hydrated sodium borate), other borate salts, or boric acid.
She got it out, opened a small bottle of boric acid solution and poured it into the wound .
Putting up the bottle of boric acid and ignoring the yaps of a terrier who didn't want him to leave, Cal recalled that this whole fish-pin mystery had irritated him.
The wound was bleeding freely, although it wasn't spurting, and she directed the nurse to stanch the flow with gauze pads soaked in boric acid.
He was surrounded by packets of the powder and, further along the bench, were orderly piles of pessaries which he had made by filling cellophane cylinders with boric acid.
He wanted to pour out to her in torrents of self-pity all his unbearable loneliness and despair and warn her never to leave the boric acid or the aspirin in reach of the children or to cross a street against the traffic light.
If your puss has a companion, you won't have to swab his ears with cotton and boric acid.