Chemicals and Drugs

Oils

Unctuous combustible substances that are liquid or easily liquefiable on warming, and are soluble in ether but insoluble in water. Such substances, depending on their origin, are classified as animal, mineral, or vegetable oils. Depending on their behavior on heating, they are volatile or fixed. (Dorland, 28th ed)

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Unctuous combustible substances that are liquid or easily liquefiable on warming, and are soluble in ether but insoluble in water. Such substances, depending on their origin, are classified as animal, mineral, or vegetable oils. Depending on their behavior on heating, they are volatile or fixed. (Dorland, 28th ed)

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity.

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general or unspecified; prefer specific oil groups & specific oils; coordinate with source of oil if relevant

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  1. D10w.627w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Oils. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009821. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009821
  2. Oils. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil
  3. Oils. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42962