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Carbon obtained by heating or burning wood with restricted access of air. SYN: carbo.

- activated c. the residue from the destructive distillation of various organic materials, treated to increase its adsorptive power; used in diarrhea, as an antidote in various forms of poisoning, and in purification processes in industry and research. SYN: medicinal c..

- animal c. c. produced by incomplete combustion of animal tissues, especially bone. SYN: animal black, bone black, bone c..

- bone c. SYN: animal c..

- medicinal c. SYN: activated c..

- vegetable c. c. obtained by charring vegetable tissues, especially the wood of willow, beech, birch, or oak. SYN: wood c..

- wood c. SYN: vegetable c..

char·coal 'chär-.kōl n a dark or black porous carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances (as from wood by charring in a kiln from which air is excluded) see ACTIVATED CHARCOAL