Santyl

See also: santyl

English

Etymology

Brand name, attested since at least the early 1900s, from Santalum or santalum (which see for other related terms).

Noun

Santyl (uncountable)

1. (medicine) A particular brand of collagenase ointment.
   • 1909, Adolf Baginsky, Jacob Snowman, Folia Therapeutica: A Periodical Journal Relating to Modern Therapeutics and Pharmacology for Medical Practitioners:

     Santyl is excreted in a form more allied to sulphates and glycoll; it is more fully oxidized and its products are unirritating. Some experiments recently conducted with Santyl tablets show that these are absorbed almost as quickly as Santyl drops […]

   • 2012, Pamela Brown, Quick Reference to Wound Care, →ISBN, page 83:

     - Antibiotic fights infection and Santyl® ointment removes dead skin.
     - Healthy skin tissue fills in the wound.
     - Healthy pink cells start to form around the edge and on the surface.
     Discontinue Santyl® when granulation tissue is well established.

Anagrams

• Naltys, Stanly, altyns, slanty