Wikipedia
Liquid paraffin may refer to:
- Liquid paraffin (drug)
- Mineral oil
- In chemistry, a mixture of heavier alkanes
Medicinal liquid paraffin, also known as paraffinum liquidum, is a very highly refined mineral oil used in cosmetics and for medical purposes. This is a UK definition ( British Pharmacopoeia) and the term may have different uses in other countries. The cosmetic or medicinal liquid paraffin should not be confused with the paraffin (or kerosene) used as a fuel.
The term paraffinum perliquidum is sometimes used to denote light liquid paraffin. Conversely, the term 'paraffinum subliquidum is sometimes used to denote a thicker (more viscous/oily) mineral oil.
Usage examples of "liquid paraffin".
Your skilled arsonist uses liquid paraffin, which consumes itself and all it touches.
It can advantageously be used in solution with liquid paraffin, either alone or in conjunction with methol camphor and oil of thyme.
Five pints of beer, leeks, figs and liquid paraffin have been given recently to Alfred, the Bristol zoo's 15-year-old gorilla, who has been suffering from stomach trouble.
Behind her were shelves of gas masks and medicines: bleach ointments, clouded glass bottles of petrol, methylated spirits, kerosene, liquid paraffin, and carbon tetrachloride.
I prescribe him some liquid paraffin, and I recommend a bowel-loosening takeaway curry, and I promise that I will cook him dinner myself one evening.