PROPYLENE GLYCOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does propylene glycol mean? 

• PROPYLENE GLYCOL (noun)
  The noun PROPYLENE GLYCOL has 1 sense:

1. a sweet colorless, viscous, hygroscopic liquid used as an antifreeze and in brake fluid and also as a humectant in cosmetics and personal care items although it can be absorbed through the skin with harmful effects

  Familiarity information: PROPYLENE GLYCOL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROPYLENE GLYCOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sweet colorless, viscous, hygroscopic liquid used as an antifreeze and in brake fluid and also as a humectant in cosmetics and personal care items although it can be absorbed through the skin with harmful effects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

propanediol; propylene glycol

Hypernyms ("propylene glycol" is a kind of...):

antifreeze (a liquid added to the water in a cooling system to lower its freezing point)

humectant (any substance that is added to another substance to keep it moist)

 Context examples 

The propylene glycol form of cefatrizine, a semi-synthetic, first-generation cephalosporin with strong activity against gram-positive cocci except enterococci.

(Cefatrizine Propylene Glycolate, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic, brick-red crystalline solid that is only slightly soluble in cold water and ethanol but is soluble in boiling water, acetic acid, glycerol, ethylene glycol and propylene glycol.

(Phenazopyridine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)