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bone wax

bone wax noun: a kind of wax, usually beeswax with the addition of paraffin or some other agent to soften it, used to stop bleeding from bones during surgery.

Noun

bone wax (uncountable)

  1. A kind of wax, usually beeswax with the addition of paraffin or some other agent to soften it, used to stop bleeding from bones during surgery.

Words formed from bone wax

  • Horsley bone wax
  • Horsley's bone wax

Questions about bone wax

What does bone wax mean?
Bone wax means a kind of wax, usually beeswax with the addition of paraffin or some other agent to soften it, used to stop bleeding from bones during surgery.
What part of speech is bone wax?
Bone wax is a noun.

Words near bone wax in the dictionary

  1. bone to pick
  2. bone turquoise
  3. bone turquoises
  4. bone up
  5. Bone Wars
  6. bone wax
  7. bone-ash
  8. bone-cage
  9. bone-cages
  10. bone-chilling
  11. bone-crunching

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