Meanings of caustics in English

Solvents, acids and caustics were often found in the clandestine labs, he said.

All the vegetable remedies I have heard of are composed of some mineral caustics.

They are absolutely free from minerals, mercurials, caustics or irritants.

Strong caustics act by coagulating the albumen, or by the withdrawal of water from the cell.

Leaches, baths, caustics, and fomentations of different kinds, were all found ineffectual, and seemed only to aggravate his torments.

If seen early, the wound should be cut out or burned out with caustics, and afterwards dressed like any wound.

Unlike other caustics, it can be applied with safety on the most delicate tissues and the system receives this treatment kindly.

Naphtha, caustics, hot smoke unfold and the militia break a little, but they re-form fast, break again at a second sortie of wyrmen.

After the use of caustics, suppuration followed; the tumour broke out into wounds, but even these failed to bring relief to the suffering patient.

The surrounding parts of the skin should be protected from any damage from escaping caustics by the application of lard or oil, as previously suggested.

They terrorise the gendarmes, who run before the huge flora, but though the officers have no rivebows they have caustics that scorch the cactus skin.

It had grown out of a previous paper (1824), On Caustics.

From a simplicity standpoint, we tried to make it that all Caustics are immune to all Caustic gas.

60.-Fistulaof the withers, showing the effect of using caustics carelessly.]

Your effort to be caustic is the sweetest thing in the world.

The lunar caustic was applied in half an hour after the accident.