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Princeton's WordNet

  1. mild silver protein, Argyrolnoun

    antiseptic consisting of a compound of protein and silver (trade name Argyrol)

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  1. Argyrolnoun

    An antiseptic compound of silver and a protein

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  1. Argyrol

    Argyrol is the trade name for an antiseptic for mucous membranes which consists of compounded solutions of mild silver protein. Argyrol is synonymous with the chemical Mild Silver Protein (MSP) which is pharmaceutical grade for use in medicine and sterile processes. MSP is a molecule produced in the chemical industry in Europe, consisting of elemental silver conjugated along the helix of a denatured protein molecule derived from caseinate of strictly regulated certified livestock. Argyrol 10% is 20,000 ppm with particle sizing molecular range from <8 nm to average <14.3 nm. Argyrol is a local anti-infective most familiar for both ophthalmic and upper respiratory disinfection. Widely publicized for its value to resolve gonorrhea infections, it was known to prevent gonorrheal blindness and other pathogenic bacterial and viral infections to the eyes of newborn infants. Albert C. Barnes developed and commercialized Argyrol as treatment and prevention technology.

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  1. argyrol

    Argyrol is a compound containing silver, created by Albert C. Barnes in 1899, that was widely used as a topical antimicrobial agent and in the form of eye drops to prevent gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum, a condition causing blindness in newborns due to gonorrhea transmission from the infected mother during childbirth.

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  1. Argyrol

    Argyrol is the trade name for an antiseptic consisting of compounded solutions at varying strengths of mild silver protein. Agyrol is synonymous with its chemical mild silver protein, manufactured in the chemical industry to pharmaceutical grade only, using denatured pharmaceutical-grade protein for ophthalmic application and elemental silver to produce the silver protein molecule. While employed with Mulford & Co., the American Dr. Albert Coombs Barnes recruited chemist Hille in Germany. They returned to the United States and left Mulford together to launch Argyrol, developed and commercialized by Barnes as Prevention Technology for use on mucous membranes to resolve local infections in mucous-membrane-lined organs, most widely publicized for its value to resolve gonorrhea infections and to prevent gonorrheal blindness and other pathogenic infections to the eyes of newborn infants.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of argyrol in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of argyrol in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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