ad'eps. 1

Animal fat, grease. 2. Lard, the prepared internal fat of the abdomen of the hog (Sus scrofa), purified by washing, melting and straining. A soft, white unctuous solid, having a faint odor, free from rancidity and a bland taste. Its chief use in pharmacy is as an ingredient of ointment, a. an serin us. a. anseris. Goose-grease; formerly used in pharmacy and still employed as a domestic remedy, both internally and externally, a. benzoatus [Br. Ph.] a. benzoin at us [U. S. Ph.]. Benzoin a ted lard, prepared by melting lard and adding benzoin. It is fragrant and does not become rancid, a. lanae. The purified fat of sheep's wool. [U. S. Ph., Br. Ph.]. a. lanae hydros us. Syn.: lanolin. Wool fat mixed with 30 per cent, of water, oleum adipis [U. S. Ph.]. Lard oil; the fixed oil expre ed from lard at a low temperature. It is rarely employed in medicine. [U. S. Ph.] [Lat, adeps, fat.]