ichthyoform

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ichthyo- +‎ -form

Adjective[edit]

ichthyoform (not comparable)

  1. Resembling a fish.

Noun[edit]

ichthyoform (uncountable)

  1. A particular antiseptic.
    • 1913, XVIIth International Congress of Medicine v.4-5:
      Of all intestinal antiseptics, calomel, salacetol, and ichthyoform have given us the best results, the latter being the least irritating.

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