car'bo

[L. coal.] Charcoal, c. anima'Us, animal charcoal, bone-black, ivory-black; prepared by baking bone. c. anima'lis purifica'tus, purified animal charcoal; used in pharmaceutical proce es, c. lig'ni (U.S. and Br.), charcoal, wood charcoal, a fine black powder; disinfectant and deodorant, employed internally in gastric fermentation in doses of gr. 5—60 (0 3—4 o)