Chem. Combining form of BORON, as in borofluoride, a compound of fluoride of boron with a metallic fluoride; borotungstate, a salt formed by the combination of boric and tungstic acids with the same base; boro-glyceride, a compound of boric acid with glycerine, used as an antiseptic; also in Min., borocalcite, native borate of calcium.
1869. Roscoe, Elem. Chem., 153. Boron forms a borofluoride.
1882. Athenæum, 8 April, 448/2. Prof. Barff described his new antiseptic compound boro-glycerid (C3 H5 Bo3).
1881. Nature, XXIII. 236. Borotungstate of sodium.
