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Oil of turpentine   /ɔɪl əv tˈərpəntˌaɪn/   Listen
Oil of turpentine

noun
1.
Volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally.  Synonyms: spirit of turpentine, turpentine, turps.





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"Oil of turpentine" Quotes from Famous Books



... which have been recommended are the injection between the fragments of oil of turpentine (Mikulicz), a quantity of the patient's own blood (Schmieden), or alcohol and iodine; the forcible rubbing of the ends together, under an anaesthetic if necessary; and the administration of thyreoid extract. If these methods fail, the case should be treated as one of un-united fracture. ...
— Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles


Words linked to "Oil of turpentine" :   gum terpentine, essential oil, turps, volatile oil, turpentine


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