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boracic

American  
[buh-ras-ik, baw-, boh-] / bəˈræs ɪk, bɔ-, boʊ- /

adjective

Chemistry.
  1. boric.


boracic British  
/ bəˈræsɪk /

adjective

  1. another word for boric

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Etymology

Origin of boracic

1795–1805; borac- (stem of borax 1 ) + -ic

Example Sentences

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Small amounts of boracic acid can cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhoea, but worse, it was what borax concealed that was particularly dangerous.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2013

He fed them on advertised foods that contained boracic acid, sulfates, benzoates, formaldehyde; he watched their cheeks grow lean, their temples hollow, their skins turn the color of whey.

From Time Magazine Archive

By heating boron in oxygen, it burnt, and was reconverted into boracic acid.

From Famous Men of Science by Bolton, Sarah K.

In cases where operation is out of the question, washing the bladder with hot boracic lotion may give great relief.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

Such solvents are boracic acid, borax, phosphate of soda, phosphoric acid, &c.:—the one chiefly employed by M. Ebelman is boracic acid.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 by Various