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Carbolic in a sentence

Carbolic meaning

of, relating to or containing carbolic acid

Using Carbolic

  • The main meaning on this page is: of, relating to or containing carbolic acid
  • In the example corpus, carbolic often appears in combinations such as: carbolic acid, of carbolic, with carbolic.

Context around Carbolic

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

acid 2× red 1× spraying 1× requested 1×

Often after:

acid 9× soap 1×

Sentence patterns with Carbolic

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

oil acid carbolic acid 2× bar of carbolic soap 1× had requested carbolic acid from 1× phenol or carbolic acid as 1× third spraying carbolic acid on 1× treated with carbolic acid produced 1× use of carbolic acid as 1× use of carbolic acid on 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

as the first 1× he instructed surgeons 1× he presumed it 1× he then covered 1× i never heard 1× in 1867 lister 1×

Common sentence endings:

acid carbolic acid 2× antiseptic in surgery 1× carbolic acid solutions 1× from a pharmacist 1× grazed upon them 1× of carbolic soap 1×

Words around Carbolic

Just before it in the word index:

carbohydrates 220 carbohydrate 86 carbognani 2 carbofuran 2 carbofix 2 carbo 14

Just after it in the word index:

carbomer 2 carbon 4.843 carbonaceous 16 carbonara 25 carbonaria 2 carbonaro 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 14 aamer 14 aave 14 abadan 14 abdelmadjid 14 abdulkarim 14

Corpus analysis for Carbolic

  • In this selection, "carbolic" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, acid, red, spraying, acid and soap stand out and add context to how "carbolic" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include oil acid carbolic acid and bar of carbolic soap. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "carbolic" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with carbolic

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Runge called phenol "Karbolsäure" (coal-oil-acid, carbolic acid). (9 words)

On page 69 of volume 31, Runge names phenol "Karbolsäure" (coal-oil-acid, carbolic acid). (15 words)

He instructed surgeons under his responsibility to wear clean gloves and wash their hands before and after operations with 5% carbolic acid solutions. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

The day before the dog show at Gortin Community Centre, myself, my brother and my grandmother corralled Patch into a big cast iron bath and washed him with a bar of carbolic soap. (33 words)

Inspired by Louis Pasteur 's ideas on microbial infection, the English doctor Joseph Lister demonstrated in 1865 that use of carbolic acid on surgical dressings would significantly reduce rates of post-surgical infection. (33 words)

I never heard of shampoo until I was in my teens so hair would be washed with whatever soap sat by the sink, usually red carbolic, with a very strong smell. (31 words)

Example sentences (11)

The day before the dog show at Gortin Community Centre, myself, my brother and my grandmother corralled Patch into a big cast iron bath and washed him with a bar of carbolic soap.

I never heard of shampoo until I was in my teens so hair would be washed with whatever soap sat by the sink, usually red carbolic, with a very strong smell.

As the first two methods suggested by Pasteur were inappropriate for the treatment of human tissue, Lister experimented with the third, spraying carbolic acid on his instruments.

He instructed surgeons under his responsibility to wear clean gloves and wash their hands before and after operations with 5% carbolic acid solutions.

He presumed it was safe because fields treated with carbolic acid produced no apparent ill-effects on the livestock that later grazed upon them.

He then covered the wounds with a piece of rag or lint citation covered in phenol, or carbolic acid as he called it.

In 1867, Lister championed the use of carbolic acid as an antiseptic, such that it became the first widely used antiseptic in surgery.

Inspired by Louis Pasteur 's ideas on microbial infection, the English doctor Joseph Lister demonstrated in 1865 that use of carbolic acid on surgical dressings would significantly reduce rates of post-surgical infection.

On page 69 of volume 31, Runge names phenol "Karbolsäure" (coal-oil-acid, carbolic acid).

Runge called phenol "Karbolsäure" (coal-oil-acid, carbolic acid).

The historian Sergio Luzzatto recounted that in 1919, according to one document in the Vatican's archive, Pio had requested carbolic acid from a pharmacist.

Common combinations with carbolic

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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Carbolic means: of, relating to or containing carbolic acid
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