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adj. - Mixed or impregnated with a specific chemical salt

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  • Unless you KNOW the person producing the film, you are pretty much guaranteed to be "borated" today.
  • Carbolized, borated, and corrosive-sublimate gauze have little special value.
  • The folds and creases of their skin must be kept dry and powdered with borated talcum.
  • Early in their first appearance they may be treated with spirits of camphor or plain alcohol, which sometimes tends to abort them; but they usually run their course, and when...
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