See Also: orcinol(medicine)
orcinol(dictionary)
orcinol test(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
absorbent(dictionary)
absorbent(dictionary)
Absorbent(medicine)
absorbent points(medicine)
absorbent system(medicine)
absorbent vessels(medicine)

absorbent vessels (medicine) and orcinol (medicine)


absorbent vessels (medicine)


absorbent vessels -->
lymph vessels


The vessels that convey the lymph; they anastomose freely with each Other.

Synonym: vasa lymphatica, absorbent vessels, lymphatic vessels, lymphatics.


orcinol (medicine)


orcinol


3,5-dihydroxytoluene;the parent substance of the natural dye orcein, obtained from certain colourless lichens (Lecanora tinctoria, Rocella tinctoria) by treatment with boiling water; used as an external antiseptic in various skin diseases and in chemistry as a reagent for pentoses.

Synonym: 5-methylresorcinol, orcin.