tincture
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- n a substances that colors metals
- n an indication that something has been present
a tincture of condescension - n a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
- n (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution
- v fill, as with a certain quality
The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide - v stain or tint with a color
The leaves were tinctured with a bright red
- You fail to state that when drug-buyers ask for mercurochrome, they are not getting the tincture, which Miss Hill described as being more bacteriostatic than a 7% tincture of .
- Quieting suspicions of mercurochrome's usefulness, she declared that a 2% tincture of mercurochrome stops the growth of germs on the human skin better than a 7% tincture of iodine.
- Viper tincture, civet tincture, bezoar tincture, ginseng dried extract, crataegus extract, rehmannia dried extract, royal jelly, vitamins B1, B2, B6, B12, E, sodium phosphate .