GLYCERIN
\ɡlˈɪsəɹˌɪn], \ɡlˈɪsəɹˌɪn], \ɡ_l_ˈɪ_s_ə_ɹ_ˌɪ_n]\
Definitions of GLYCERIN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A trihydroxy sugar alcohol that is an intermediate in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. It is used as a solvent, emollient, pharmaceutical agent, and sweetening agent.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Sweet liquid obtained from decomposed fats.
By William R. Warner
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The trihydrated alcohol containing three carbon atoms, CH2OH.CHOH.CH2OH. A sweetish, viscous, colorless, odorless liquid, easily soluble in water and alcohol. Specific gravity 1.267, and boiling point 240 C. It is obtained in the saponification of fats. It has considerable solvent power and forms a series of compounds, the glycerids. Pure glycerin has a great affinity for water which determines many of its uses in chemistry and in medicine. Undiluted it is a mild irritant; properly diluted it is a cleansing and emollient application. Taken by the stomach it is laxative. Glycerin is official in all the pharmacopeias. It always contains a little water.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
