corn oil

oil (oil)

1. an unctuous, combustible substance that is liquid, or easily liquefiable, on warming, and is soluble in ether but not in water. Oils may be animal, vegetable, or mineral in origin, and volatile or nonvolatile (fixed). A number of oils are used as flavoring or perfuming agents in pharmaceutical preparations.

2. a fat that is liquid at room temperature.

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borage oil  that extracted from the seeds of borage; used for the treatment of neurodermatitis and as a food supplement.

cajeput oil  a volatile oil from the fresh leaves and twigs of cajeput; used as a stimulant and rubefacient in rheumatism and other muscle and joint pain.

canola oil  rapeseed oil, specifically that prepared from rapeseed plants bred to be low in erucic acid.

castor oil  a fixed oil obtained from the seed of Ricinus communis; used as a bland topical emollient and also occasionally as a strong cathartic.

clove oil  a volatile oil from cloves; used externally in the treatment of colds and headache and as a dental antiseptic and analgesic; it also has various uses in Indian medicine.

cod liver oil  partially destearinated, fixed oil from fresh livers of Gadus morrhua and other fish of the family Gadidae; used as a source of vitamins A and D.

corn oil  a refined fixed oil obtained from the embryo of Zea mays; used as a solvent and vehicle for various medicinal agents and as a vehicle for injections. It has also been promoted as a source of polyunsaturated fatty acids in special diets.

cottonseed oil  a fixed oil from seeds of cultivated varieties of the cotton plant (Gossypium) ; used as a solvent and vehicle for drugs.

essential oil  volatile o.

ethiodized oil  an iodine addition product of the ethyl ester of fatty acids of poppyseed oil; used as a diagnostic radiopaque medium.

eucalyptus oil  a volatile oil from the fresh leaf of species of Eucalyptus; used as a pharmaceutical flavoring agent, as an expectorant and local antiseptic, for rheumatism, and in folk medicine.

evening primrose oil  that produced from the ripe seeds of evening primrose(Oenothera biennis) ; used in the treatment of mastalgia, premenstrual syndrome, and atopic eczema.

expressed oil , fatty oil, fixed oil a nonvolatile oil, i.e., one that does not evaporate on warming; such oils consist of a mixture of fatty acids and their esters, and are classified as solid, semisolid, and liquid, or as drying, semidrying, and nondrying as a function of their tendency to solidify on exposure to air.

fennel oil  a volatile oil distilled from fennel (the seeds of Foeniculum vulgare ); used for cough, bronchitis, and dyspepsia and as a pharmaceutical flavoring agent.

iodized oil  an iodine addition product of vegetable oil; used as a diagnostic radiopaque medium.

lavender oil  a volatile oil distilled from the flowering tops of lavender or prepared synthetically; used for loss of appetite, dyspepsia, nervousness, and insomnia; also widely used in folk medicine.

mineral oil  a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons from petroleum; used as a lubricant laxative, drug vehicle, and skin emollient and cleanser. Light mineral o., of lesser density, is used similarly.

olive oil  a fixed oil obtained from ripe fruit of Olea europaea; used as a setting retardant for dental cements, topical emollient, pharmaceutic necessity, and sometimes as a laxative.

peanut oil  the refined fixed oil from peanuts (Arachis hypogaea); used as a solvent and vehicle for drugs.

peppermint oil  a volatile oil from fresh overground parts of the flowering plant of peppermint (Mentha piperita); used as a flavoring agent for drugs, and as a gastric stimulant and carminative.

rapeseed oil  the oil expressed from the seeds of the rapeseed plant; used in the manufacture of soaps, margarines, and lubricants. See also canola o.

safflower oil  an oily liquid extracted from the seeds of the safflower, Carthamus tinctorius, containing predominantly linoleic acid; used as a pharmaceutic aid, a component of total parenteral nutrition solutions, and in the management of hypercholesterolemia.

silicone oil  any of various long-chain fluid silicone polymers, some of which are injected into the vitreous to serve as a vitreous substitute during or after vitreoretinal surgery.

tea tree oil  an essential oil from the leaves and branch tips of tea tree, having bacteriostatic and weak antiviral and antimycotic properties, used topically for skin infections and used internally and externally in folk medicine for various indications.

thyme oil  the volatile oil extracted from fresh, flowering thyme; used as an antitussive and expectorant.

volatile oil  one that evaporates readily, usually found in aromatic plants; most are a mixture of two or more terpenes.

volatile oil of mustard  a volatile oil distilled from the seeds of black mustard(Brassica nigra); used as a strong counterirritant and rubefacient.

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corn oil,

a refined fixed oil obtained from the corn plant, Zea mays, used as a solvent and vehicle for medicinal agents and as a vehicle for injections. It has also been promoted as a source of polyunsaturated fatty acids in special diets.

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corn [korn]

1. Zea mays, a tall cereal plant that produces kernels on large ears and is the source of corn oil.

2. a circumscribed, conical, horny induration and thickening of the stratum corneum that causes severe pain by pressure on nerve endings in the corium. Corns are always caused by friction or pressure from poorly fitting shoes or hose. There are two kinds: the hard corn, usually located on the outside of the little toe or on the upper surfaces of the other toes; and the soft corn, found between the toes, usually the fourth and fifth toes, kept softened by moisture. Called also heloma.

corn oil a refined fixed oil obtained from the corn plant, Zea mays; used as a solvent and vehicle for medicinal agents and as a vehicle for injections. It has also been promoted as a source of polyunsaturated fatty acids in special diets.

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corn

1. a circumscribed hyperkeratosis of the footpad of dogs, sensitive to pressure.

2. a hematoma between the sensitive laminae and horn of the sole, usually between the frog and bar, in the hoof of the horse. It is painful on pressure and a cause of lameness.

3. in USA and elsewhere Zea mays, a member of the plant family Poaceae, grown as a cereal crop bearing seeds and used as a grain feed, green chop and ensilage. Used also for human consumption as meal or flour. The grain is deficient in most essential amino acids, especially lysine and tryptophan (high-lysine varieties are available), and in calcium and cannot be used as a complete ration in pigs. It may be fed whole, cracked, flaked, roasted, as dried or as high moisture corn (contains 25% moisture). Overeating of the grain by ruminants causes carbohydrate engorgement, and of moldy standing corn causes moldy corn poisoning. Called also maize.

4. in UK triticum aestivum is also called corn.

5. the name corn is also used with other cereals such as rye corn, barley corn.

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corn cob

see cob (2). Ground into a meal it is used as a roughage of very low nutritive value in ruminant diets. Of some value as a diluent in high grain diets.

corn cockle

agrostemmagithago.

corn oil

rich source of unsaturated fatty acids, particularly linoleic acid.

wild corn

see veratrumcalifornicum.