hospital soap

noun

Etymology

From hospital + soap.

  1. derived from *seyb-
  2. inherited from *saipǭ
  3. inherited from *saipā
  4. inherited from sāpe — “soap, salve
  5. inherited from sope
  6. compounded as hospital soap — “hospital + soap

Definitions

  1. A type of antiseptic soap designed for use in hospitals.

    • Rupert Sheffield, scrubbing John's blood from his hands with a nailbrush and hospital soap, swore that this was the last time [...] that he would have to do this.

The neighborhood

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