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Anthracene (medicine)


anthracene
<chemistry> A solid hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2H2.C6H4, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of alizarin.

Alternative forms: anthracin.

Origin: Gr. Coal.

Source: Websters Dictionary


wax-tipped bougie (medicine)


wax-tipped bougie


A long slender flexible bougie with a wax tip, used for endoscopic passage into the ureter to confirm the presence of a calculus by scratching the surface of the tip with the sharp edges of the stone.