(v. t.) To combine or to impregnate with carbon, as by passing through or over a liquid hydrocarbon; to carbonize or carburize.
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Carburetor
Definition:
(n.) An apparatus in which coal gas, hydrogen, or air is passed through or over a volatile hydrocarbon, in order to confer or increase illuminating power.
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(1) The case of a 17 year old abuser of butane aerosols who developed fulminant hepatic failure after taking a proprietary engine or carburetor cleaner is described.
(2) During 13 years of work renovating carburetors he was heavily exposed to trichloromethane.
(3) We believe that an active education campaign and the addition of warning labels to car engine compartments would make an impact in decreasing the incidence of carburetor burns.
(4) We have identified carburetor burns as a significant cause of preventable morbidity, both from long-term functional and cosmetic standpoints.
(5) Burns as a result of priming carburetors with gasoline resulted in 4% of all burn admissions to the Oregon Burn Center from 1980-1982.
(6) One patient developed full-thickness skin loss following gasoline immersion, and another developed severe systemic complications following contact with a carburetor cleaning solvent.
(7) Seventy-nine persons who had sustained automobile engine carburetor- and radiator-related burns were admitted to Grady Memorial Hospital Burn Unit between June 1, 1984 and September 30, 1990.
(8) Professional and public awareness of the risk of serious gasoline burns incurred during carburetor priming should decrease its incidence.
(9) A 17-year-old boy was brought to the emergency department after he inhaled fumes from a rag soaked with a carburetor cleaner containing toluene, methylene chloride, and methanol.
(10) The epidemiology of carburetor burns and our experience are described.
(11) Forty patients with carburetor-priming flame burns had a mean age of 31.5 years, a mean burn size of 13.4% total body surface area, and a mean length of stay of 13.8 days.