What is the meaning of Petrolatum?

(n.) A semisolid unctuous substance, neutral, and without taste or odor, derived from petroleum by distilling off the lighter portions and purifying the residue. It is a yellowish, fatlike mass, transparent in thin layers, and somewhat fluorescent. It is used as a bland protective dressing, and as a substitute for fatty materials in ointments.
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MLAWebster's. "petrolatum" 27 May 2011. Web. 26 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/petrolatum/definitions/2044414>
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