Pharmacologic Substance
water
wa·ter [ waw-ter, wot-er ]
Brand Names:
Dorama-Neo; Eye Stream; Firstflush; OcuFresh; Opticlear; Pur-Wash; Salinaax
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Definitions related to water:
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A clear, odorless, tasteless liquid that is essential for most animal and plant life and is an excellent solvent for many substances. The chemical formula is hydrogen oxide (H2O). (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Chemical compound that is liquid at room temperature and is composed two hydrogen atoms connected to an oxygen atom.CRCH Nutrition TerminologyCancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, 2021
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H2O, a clear, colorless, odorless, tasteless liquid that freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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H2O; tasteless, colorless, odorless compound present in all organic tissues, and the most universal of solvents.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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