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Wollwachsalkoholsalbe

English translation: wool fat ointment

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German term or phrase:Wollwachsalkoholsalbe
English translation:wool fat ointment
Entered by: Mats Wiman

10:29 Oct 10, 2001
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
German term or phrase: Wollwachsalkoholsalbe
Wollwachsalkoholsalbe
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wool fat ointment
Explanation:
Alkohol seems to be implict
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Mats Wiman
Sweden
Local time: 01:22
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Summary of answers provided
5wool fat ointment
Mats Wiman
4 +1[plain or anhydrous] lanolin cream
Tom Funke
5wool wax alcohol / lanolin alcohol
Ulrike Lieder (X)


  

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wool fat ointment


Explanation:
Alkohol seems to be implict


    Reference: http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:Tw3sUhmvFjM:www.biblio....
Mats Wiman
Sweden
Local time: 01:22
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in pair: 1498
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[plain or anhydrous] lanolin cream


Explanation:
Wollwachs: (adeps lanae anhydricus): anhydrous lanolin
wasserhaltiges Wollwachs: Lanolin
Wollwhachssalbe, wasserhaltige (unguentum alcoloum lane aquosum): oily cream
(Bunjes, W. der Medizin u. Pharmazeutik, ISBN 3 13 370503 2)

Wollwax: wool grease, wool fat, lanolin
(Reuters & reuters, medizinisches Wörterbuch, ISBN 3 13 100491 6)

All the best, Tom



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Tom Funke
Local time: 20:22
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 2419

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ulrike Lieder (X): Never mind my answer - I overlooked the ointment part! (And I even had my coffee...)
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wool wax alcohol / lanolin alcohol


Explanation:
Per Kucera:
Kucera: Dictionary of Chemistry German-English : Wollwachsalkohol m / wool wax alcohol, lanolin alcohol

and supported by these and other sources:
Lanolin Trading Company Ltd - [ Diese Seite übersetzen ]
... Wool Wax Alcohol Derivatives: products made by the chemical or physical modification
of wool wax alcohols; modifications carried out to impart desirable ...
www.woolgrease.co.nz/facts.cfm
INTERNATIONAL ABSTRACTS - [ Diese Seite übersetzen ]
... impregnated with a cream composed of petrolatum, mineral oil, mineral wax and wool-wax
alcohol. An investigation was made of the ability of this new type of ...
www.medbc.com/annals/review/vol_2/num_4/text/vol2n4p228.

Lanacane - SPIN Rank List of Allergens - [ Diese Seite übersetzen ]
... Chloride 1%. 15. Diazolidinyl urea 1% aqueous. 16.
Wool wax alcohol 30%. 17. Glyceryl thioglycolate 1%.
18. ...
www.lanacane.com/ranklist.html


    Kucera, Dictionary of Chemistry
    given above
Ulrike Lieder (X)
Local time: 17:22
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in pair: 3525
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