Da|kin's solution

Da|kin's solution
Da|kin's solution «DAY kuhnz»,
a neutral antiseptic solution containing about 0.5 per cent of sodium hypochlorite, developed during World War I for treating infected wounds.
[< Henry D. Dakin, 1880-1952, an English chemist in the United States, who developed it]

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