ACTIVATED CARBON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does activated carbon mean? 

• ACTIVATED CARBON (noun)
  The noun ACTIVATED CARBON has 1 sense:

1. powdered or granular carbon used for purifying by adsorption; given orally (as a slurry) it is an antidote for some kinds of poisons

  Familiarity information: ACTIVATED CARBON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACTIVATED CARBON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Powdered or granular carbon used for purifying by adsorption; given orally (as a slurry) it is an antidote for some kinds of poisons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

activated carbon; activated charcoal

Hypernyms ("activated carbon" is a kind of...):

atomic number 6; C; carbon (an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds)

 Context examples 

Microparticles comprised of metallic iron and activated carbon used as a delivery vehicle for pharmaceutical agents.

(Magnetic-targeted carrier, NCI Thesaurus)

A formulation of the anthracycline antibiotic doxorubicin in which doxorubicin is bound to microscopic beads of activated carbon and iron as a magnetic-targeted carrier (MTC).

(Doxorubicin-Magnetic Targeted Carrier Complex, NCI Thesaurus)