William from Fort Worth, Texas, remembers dabbing monkey blood on cuts and scrapes and wonders why anyone would call a medicine that. The nickname refers most often to the bright red antiseptic Mercurochrome, and it has also been applied to iodine...
urohydrosis n.— Note: The word is misspelled in the article. «For instance, the vultures urinate on their own legs, which both cools them down and applies an antiseptic that speeds healing—a practice called urophydrosis.» —“Raptors wow birders” by...
