See Also: Detergents(medicine)
anionic detergents(medicine)
cationic detergents(medicine)

catholicon (iou) and Detergents (medicine)


catholicon (iou)



catholicon noun. LME.
[French catholicon, -cum from mod. Latin catholicum use as noun (sc. remedium remedy) of catholicus: see CATHOLIC. In sense 1 cf. medieval Latin catholicon dictionary.]
A comprehensive treatise. LME.
A universal remedy; a panacea. LME.

Detergents (medicine)


detergents


Purifying or cleansing agents, usually salts of long-chain aliphatic bases or acids, that exert cleansing (oil-dissolving) and antimicrobial effects through a surface action that depends on possessing both hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties.