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noun
Pharmacology
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a
mixture
of terpenes that occurs as a colorless liquid, used in medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
Origin:
1855–60;
tereb(inth)
+
-ene
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terebene
(ˈtɛrəˌbiːn)
—
n
a mixture of hydrocarbons prepared from oil of turpentine and sulphuric acid, used to make paints and varnishes and medicinally as an expectorant and antiseptic
[C19: from
tereb
(
inth
) +
-ene
]
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