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cineol

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cin⋅e⋅ole

  [sin-ee-ohl]
–noun Chemistry, Pharmacology.
a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C10H18O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
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Also, cin⋅e⋅ol  [sin-ee-awl, -ol] .
Also called cajeputol, cajuputol, eucalyptol.

Origin:
alter. of NL oleum cinae, equiv. to oleum oil + gen. sing. of cina wormseed
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cin·e·ole also cin·e·ol   (sĭn'ē-ōl')   
n.  See eucalyptol.

[Alteration of New Latin cinae oleum : cinae, genitive of cina, wormseed + Latin oleum, oil; see oleo-.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: cin·e·ole
Pronunciation: 'sin-E-"Ol
Function: noun
: EUCALYPTOL
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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