Usually means: Colorless, odorless, oily mineral oil.
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  1. liquid paraffin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. liquid paraffin: Collins English Dictionary
  3. liquid paraffin: Dictionary.com
  4. Liquid paraffin (drug), Liquid paraffin (medicinal), Liquid paraffin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. liquid paraffin: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. liquid paraffin: Wiktionary

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  1. liquid paraffin: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. liquid paraffin: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. liquid paraffin: Medical dictionary

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  1. Organic Salon Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (liquid paraffin)

noun:  (pharmacology) A colorless, odorless oily liquid consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum, used chiefly in medicine for treating constipation and especially formerly as a demulcent and solvent for nose and throat medication.

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