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boric

boric

8.4
Related to or containing boron, often used in chemicals
  • adjective
  • /ˈbɔrɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : bórico
  • You know, there's a lot of stuff online about boric acid being used to balance the pH of your vagina.
  • boric acid

Examples

  • You know, there's a lot of stuff online about boric acid being used to balance the pH of your vagina.

  • If I wasn't aware of the fact that this is like lard and boric acid, I think I would actually be more enthusiastic about it.

  • But if you add, if you add boric acid, then it rotates light.

  • And so I was always trying to think, how could I take this boric acid and put it into this capsule?

  • Team for the womb, form or fuel, is a boric secret charter that consists of plague strategies that are found with turn.

    Blog text (14)
  • So indeed, genius doctors applied lint, boric acid or glycerin.

  • It is made up of ciprofloxacin, clotrimazole, and dexamethasone in a boric acid vehicle.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The next day, after cleaning the old man's parts and rinsing his eyes with boric acid, and after giving him tea with milk and toast, the Adalat and Tagamet:

    Academic text (2007)
  • The laboratory tests showed that the solution contained boric acid, which is essential for the experiment.

  • Farmers often use boric compounds to help with pest control in agriculture.

Synonyms

boracic
vsboric
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Relating to boric acid or chemicals that contain boron

is broader, applying to boron in many chemical compounds not just acids
boronic
vsboric
  • Specialized
8.6

Relating to or made from boron, usually for chemical compounds

is the same general relation to boron rather than a narrow acid focus

Compounds

boric acid
  • Specialized
1 4.4

A weak acid used to kill germs and insects and to make glass, paper, and glue

Surface Forms

boric positive

Morphology

boric = boron (transparent) = boron + ic

Formed by the regular adjective suffix '-ic' on the noun 'boron', so the meaning 'relating to boron' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Boric comes from the element boron, and boron gets its name from the mineral borax, long used for cleaning and in glass. So boric means 'containing or relating to boron', which is why we use it for things like boric acid.