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eucalyptol

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eu⋅ca⋅lyp⋅tol

  [yoo-kuh-lip-tawl, -tohl]
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–noun Chemistry.
cineole.
Also, eu⋅ca⋅lyp⋅tole  [yoo-kuh-lip-tohl] .

Origin:
1875–80; eucalypt(us) + -ol 2
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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.
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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eu·ca·lyp·tol   (yōō'kə-lĭp'tôl', -tōl', -tŏl')   
n.  A colorless oily liquid, C10H18O, derived from eucalyptus and used in pharmaceuticals, flavoring, and perfumery. Also called cineole.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: cin·e·ole
Pronunciation: 'sin-E-"Ol
Function: noun
: EUCALYPTOL

Main Entry: eu·ca·lyp·tol
Variant: also eu·ca·lyp·tole /"yü-k&-'lip-"tOl, -"tol/
Function: noun
: a liquid C10H18O with an odor of camphor that is contained in many essential oils (as of eucalyptus) and is used especially as an expectorant called alsocajeputol, cineole
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eucalyptol eu·ca·lyp·tol (y&oomacr;'kə-lĭp'tôl', -tōl') or eu·ca·lyp·tole (-tōl')
n.
A colorless oily liquid derived from eucalyptus and used in pharmaceuticals.

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