Chemicals and Drugs

Liniments

Heat-generating liquids that are thinner than ointments and are applied to the skin with friction. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Heat-generating liquids that are thinner than ointments and are applied to the skin with friction. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)

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18 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity.

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Indexing Annotation

IM for general only, qualif permitted; NIM (no qualif) with specific drug IM (with qualif); /adv eff permitted but be careful: it may be the adv eff of the drug in liniment form, not the liniment

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  1. D26.255w.480w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Liniments. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008038. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008038
  2. Liniments. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liniment
  3. Liniments. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5986826