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noun
Any of various preparations, composed mainly of terpenes, obtained from camphor or turpentine by several chemical methods, used as an expectorant and antiseptic
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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History
From French térébène, from térébinthe, from Old French terebinte. By surface analysis, terebinth + -ene. Piecewise doublet of terpene.
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