(n.) One who, or that which, cleanses; a detergent.
Example Sentences:
(1) The appearance of prepared cavity walls after treatment with different cavity cleansers and cleaning procedures was studied.
(2) Other soaps and a hand cleanser containing (1 4 C) Triclocarban have been applied to rat skin without occlusion and the effects of duration of contact, concentration and the use of a solubilizer have been investigated.
(3) Dentin: using the conventional Gluma Bonding System (A); the Gluma 2 Cleanser was replaced with 10% pyruvic acid containing 10% glycine with pH 2.8 (B); or the dentin was etched with 10% pyruvic acid (pH 1.5) followed by the application of 10% glycine with pH adjusted to 9.0 (C).
(4) A four-week crossover study to compare the efficacy of an acne cleanser containing 2% salicylic acid with that of a 10% benzoyl peroxide wash was conducted in 30 patients with acne vulgaris.
(5) Methods for the evaluation of the relative irritant potential of skin cleansers are reviewed.
(6) This method of gut lavage is not only an effective bowel cleanser, but also a noninvasive means of obtaining intestinal secretions for the study of humoral immunity in gastrointestinal disease.
(7) Iodophors tested in this study demonstrated a distinct superiority to noncomplexed iodine solutions (tincture and aqueous iodine solutions) as wound and skin cleansers.
(8) However, the possible reduction of the rate of 10-5 specimens to 9.1 per cent in the group using Prepodyne did not rule out the possibility of reduced specificity, and the hazard of false-negative results occuring with the use of gram-negative skin cleansers requires further study.
(9) The use of the povidone-iodine skin cleanser inconsistently affected skin flora.
(10) A study was undertaken to compare the efficacy of a soaking solution (Efferdent Extra-Strength Denture Cleanser Tablets) to mechanical cleaning with a denture paste (Advanced Formula Dentu-Creme Denture Cleaning Paste) to remove and kill plaque bacteria from removable dentures.
(11) This assay was useful in the presence of most currently used denture cleanser ingredients, materials which cause other protein assay methods to fail.
(12) To try to allay fears, the UN boss in the country, Kai Eide, held a press conference last month in which he tried to prove that he could not remove it from his finger with a range of domestic cleansers.
(13) Since it is impossible to practise disinfection procedures in a household kitchen on the same scale as in an operating room, we tried to achieve at least a limited disinfection by household cleansers with germicidal properties.
(14) The added insult from cleanser pretreatment caused destruction of the odontoblast processes withnin the cut dentinal tubules, and an increase in diameter of the tubules.
(15) The sample consisted of 40 patients, 16 of whom were randomized to use chlorhexidine and 24 of whom were randomized to use nonmedicated skin cleanser.
(16) A case of fatal poisoning in a 1-year-old girl after ingestion of a household cleanser containing 4.5% sodium hypochlorite (Klorin) in an alkaline solution (pH 12.0) is reported.
(17) Silicate cement was inserted in deep unlined cavities in 70 human teeth; 35 cavities were cleaned with an antibacterial cleanser, and the other 35 cavities in the contralateral teeth were treated with water spray only.
(18) Application of the cleanser directly to the exposed pulp resulted in satisfactory destruction similar to the results obtained with strong acids.
(19) The use of a 50percent citric acid cleanser in root canals after pulpectomy produced well-cleaned surfaces as shown by scanning electron microscopy.
(20) A 31-year-old man had sodium hydroxide blown into his amblyopic left eye after an explosion caused by placing solid sodium hydroxide cleanser into a plugged drain.
Collyrium
Definition:
(n.) An application to the eye, usually an eyewater.
Example Sentences:
(1) In 10 children a symptomatic treatment was applied and in the rest topical applications of collyrium of 0.1% iodoxuridine, three times a day.
(2) We have assessed the efficacy of 0.5% piroxicam collyrium applied for 15 days to the eyes of rabbits in which uveitis had been experimentally induced.
(3) It was established that IS-35 applied locally in the eye as 0.5% solution or collyrium decreases statistically significantly intraocular pressure.
(4) One year before, she had been diagnosed with bronchial asthma and she had been treated for two years with policarpine collyrium for a glaucoma simplex.
(5) Indomethacin collyrium, a powerful inhibitor of prostaglandin synthesis, was used successfully in many applications.
(6) The same principle has been used to formulate a collyrium, Dehydrex, or dextran-containing storage media for excised corneas such as the Kaufman-McCarey medium that have a colloidal osmolality at least equal to that of deturgescent corneal stroma.
(7) Beta-blockings in collyrium are much used in ophthalmology, in the treatment of chronic glaucoma with open angle, because they decrease the OT with 25-30%.