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Thermogene|ˈθɜːməʊdʒiːn|
Also thermo-, † -gène.
[ad. F. thermogène thermogenic a.]
A proprietary name for medicated cotton wool.
1902Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 18 Mar. 2357/2 Absorbent wadding. Vandenbroeck & Cie., Brussels, Belgium... Thermogène. 1905Trade Marks Jrnl. 22 Nov. 1449 Thermogène absorbent wadding... Medicated wadding for human use. Thomas Other Windsor, trading as the Thermogène Co., Invermay, Lucastes Avenue, Hayward's Heath, Sussex; manufacturer. 1907Yesterday's shopping (1969) 520/1 Thermogene..pkt. 1/0. 1928A. Huxley Point Counter Point xviii. 327 What you need..is a good rubbing with camphorated oil and a wad of Thermogene. 1939M. Spring Rice Working-Class Wives iv. 75 The doctor told her to keep the parts warm, so she used thermogene wool. 1958W. Sansom Cautious Heart 157 Pinkish brown clouds flew across the cold iron sky like tufts of thermogene loose in the night. 1962C. Watson Hopjoy was Here xv. 173 I'd been downstairs for some Thermogene. |