carbolize

English

Etymology

From carbolic +‎ -ize.

Verb

carbolize (third-person singular simple present carbolizes, present participle carbolizing, simple past and past participle carbolized)

1. (medicine, transitive) To wash or treat with carbolic acid; to phenolize.

References

• “carbolize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.