camphorated oil

camphorated oil

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camphorated oil n a solution of about 20 percent camphor in cottonseed oil used as a counterirritant called also camphor liniment

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  • camphorated oil — n. a solution of camphor in any of various oils, used as a liniment …   English World dictionary

  • camphorated oil — noun : a solution of about 20 percent camphor in cottonseed oil used as a counterirritant called also camphor liniment * * * Pharm. a solution of one part camphor oil in four parts cottonseed oil used as a counterirritant. Also called camphor… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Camphorated oil — Camphorate Cam phor*ate, Camporated Cam por*a ted, Combined or impregnated with camphor. [1913 Webster] {Camphorated oil}, an oleaginous preparation containing camphor, much used as an embrocation. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • camphorated oil — Pharm. a solution of one part camphor oil in four parts cottonseed oil used as a counterirritant. Also called camphor liniment. * * * …   Universalium

  • camphorated oil — oily mixture containing camphor oil and cottonseed oil …   English contemporary dictionary

  • camphorated — adjective impregnated with camphor camphorated oil • Ant: ↑uncamphorated …   Useful english dictionary

  • Camphor — For other uses, see Camphor (disambiguation). Camphor[1][2] …   Wikipedia

  • camphor — A ketone distilled from the bark and wood of Cinnamonum camphora, an evergreen tree of Taiwan and Southeast Asia and the adjoining islands, and also prepared synthetically from oil of turpentine; used in a variety of commercial products and as a… …   Medical dictionary

  • camphor — camphoraceous /kam feuh ray sheuhs/, adj. camphoric /kam fawr ik, for /, adj. /kam feuhr/, n. Chem., Pharm. 1. a whitish, translucent, crystalline, pleasant odored terpene ketone, C10H16O, obtained from the camphor tree, used chiefly in the… …   Universalium

  • Camphorate — Cam phor*ate, Camporated Cam por*a ted, Combined or impregnated with camphor. [1913 Webster] {Camphorated oil}, an oleaginous preparation containing camphor, much used as an embrocation. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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