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Expectorant mixture
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terebene
Word definitions for terebene in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context obsolete medicine English) Any of various preparations, composed mainly of terpenes, obtained from camphor or turpentine by several chemical methods, used as an expectorant and antiseptic
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Terebene \Ter"e*bene\, n. (Chem.) A polymeric modification of terpene, obtained as a white crystalline camphorlike substance; -- called also camphene . By extension, any one of a group of related substances.
Usage examples of terebene.
What is called Terebene, a most useful medicine for winter cough, is produced by the action of sulphuric acid on Turpentine.