3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Petrolatum \Pet`ro*la"tum\, n. (Chem. & Pharm.) A semisolid unctuous substance, neutral, and without taste or odor, derived from petroleum by distilling off the lighter portions and purifying the residue. It is a yellowish, fatlike mass, transparent in thin layers, and somewhat fluorescent. It is used as a bland protective dressing, and as a substitute for fatty materials in ointments. --U. S. Pharm. [1913 Webster] Note: Petrolatum is the official name for the purified product. {Cosmoline} and {vaseline} are commercial names for substances essentially the same, but differing slightly in appearance and consistency or fusibility. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Vaseline \Vas"e*line\, n. [Said by the manufacturer to be derived from G. wasser water + Gr. 'e`laion olive oil.] A yellowish translucent substance, almost odorless and tasteless, obtained as a residue in the purification of crude petroleum, and consisting essentially of a mixture of several of the higher members of the paraffin series. It is used as an unguent, and for various purposes in the arts. See the Note under {Petrolatum}. [Written also {vaselin}.] [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: Vaseline n : a trademarked brand of petroleum jelly
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