- carbon dioxide slush
- solid carbon dioxide combined with acetone or ethyl acetate and sometimes also alcohol; used as an escharotic to treat various skin lesions and as a peeling agent in chemabrasion.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
carbon dioxide slush
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