MINERAL OIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mineral oil mean? 

• MINERAL OIL (noun)
  The noun MINERAL OIL has 1 sense:

1. a distillate of petroleum (especially one used medicinally as a laxative or stool softener)

  Familiarity information: MINERAL OIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINERAL OIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A distillate of petroleum (especially one used medicinally as a laxative or stool softener)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("mineral oil" is a kind of...):

oil (a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)

 Context examples 

Light mineral oil has uses in biotechnology, pharmaceutics, cosmetics, and industry.

(Light Mineral Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The BALB/c mouse develops plasmacytomas upon injection with mineral oil, which form the mouse cell component of the mouse-human hybrid cells that are used in the production of monoclonal antibodies.

(BALB/c Mouse, NCI Thesaurus)

Montanide ISA-51, a stabilized water-in-oil emulsion adjuvant containing mineral oil with mannide oleate added as a surfactant, non-specifically stimulates cell-mediated immune responses to antigens.

(HLA-A2, A3-Restricted FGF-5 Peptides/Montanide ISA-51 Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Untreated and mildly treated mineral oils are strongly associated with an increased risk of scrotal and skin cancer but can also cause gastrointestinal, rectal, bladder and certain respiratory-tract cancers.

(Mineral oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The original ointment also contained mineral oil, ceresin, lanolin alcohol.

(Petrolatum-Mineral Oil-Lanolin-Ceresin Ointment, NCI Thesaurus)

Mineral oil is used in laxatives, lubricants, creams, and lotions.

(Mineral oil, NCI Dictionary)

Montanide ISA 720 is made of natural metabolizable non-mineral oil and a highly refined emulsifier from the mannide mono-oleate family; it is rapidly metabolized and eliminated, and may be used in various vaccines, including cancer vaccines.

(Montanide ISA 720, NCI Thesaurus)

Montanide ISA-51, also known as incomplete Freund's adjuvant or IFA, is a stabilized water-in-oil emulsion adjuvant containing mineral oil with mannide oleate added as a surfactant that non-specifically stimulates cell-mediated immune responses to antigens.

(HER-2-neu, CEA Peptides, GM-CSF, Montanide ISA-51 Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Benz(a)anthracene is primarily found in gasoline and diesel exhaust, tobacco and cigarette smoke, coal tar and coal tar pitch, coal combustion emissions, charcoal-broiled foods, amino acids, fatty acids and carbohydrate pyrolysis products, wood and soot smoke, and creosote, asphalt and mineral oils.

(Benz[a]anthracene, NCI Thesaurus)

Exposure to these types of mineral oils can cause rapid respiration, cyanosis, tachycardia and low-grade fever.

(Mineral oil, NCI Thesaurus)