| paraffin wax |
paraffin: from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings
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| paraffin cancer |
carcinoma of the skin occurring in those who work in paraffin.
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| paraffin wax |
*Paraffin is a common name for a group of high molecular weight alkane hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH2n+2, where n is greater than about 20, discovered by Carl Reichenbach. *In the United Kingdom and South Africa the fuel known elsewhere as kerosene is called paraffin oil (or just paraffin), and the solid forms of paraffin are called paraffin wax. ...
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| paraffin |
1. [NF] a purified mixture of solid hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum, occurring as an odorless, tasteless, colorless or white, more or less translucent mass; used for embedding histological specimens and as a stiffening agent in pharmaceutical preparations. 2. alkane.
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| paraffin b. |
wax b.
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