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Petrolatum

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

A semisolid unctuous substance neutral and without taste or odor derived from petroleum by distilling off the lighter portions and purifying the residue It is a yellowish fatlike mass transparent in thin layers and somewhat fluorescent It is used as a bland protective dressing and as a substitute for fatty materials in ointments

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