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单词 chaulmoogra
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Definition of chaulmoogra in English:

chaulmoogra

noun tʃɔːlˈmuːɡrəCHôlˈmo͞oɡrə
  • 1A tropical Asian evergreen tree with narrow leathery leaves and oil-rich seeds.

    Genus Hydnocarpus, family Flacourtiaceae: several species, in particular H. kurzii, the main source of the oil

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Tropical chaulmoogra oil comes from the expressed oil of seeds of the chaulmoogra tree.
    • Finally, an expedition sent by the United States found the chaulmoogra tree in the forests of Burma.
    • The chaulmoogra tree also featured on a Fiji stamp of 1970 in honour of the closing of the hospital
    • Chaulmoogra was later identified as a source of chaulmoogra oil, an age-old leprosy treatment.
    1. 1.1mass noun Oil obtained from the seeds of the chaulmoogra tree, used medically and as a preservative.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Drugs are being made that have the same effect as chaulmoogra oil.
      • One of the standard treatments for leprosy has been to inject ethyl-esters of chaulmoogra oil into a muscle with a large bore syringe.
      • In the 12th century AD, chaulmoogra oil was imported into China from Cambodia - the native home of the tree from which it is derived.
      • Until the advent of sulpha-based drugs, chaulmoogra oil was acknowledged by the international scientific community to be the only medicine known to Western medical science that was effective in treating the disease.
      • This form of treatment was adopted by Dr Durack in Western Australia, who treated him with chaulmoogra oil by mouth.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Bengali cāul-mugrā.

 
 

Definition of chaulmoogra in US English:

chaulmoogra

nounCHôlˈmo͞oɡrə
  • 1A tropical Asian evergreen tree with narrow leathery leaves and oil-rich seeds.

    Genus Hydnocarpus, family Flacourtiaceae: several species, in particular H. kurzii, a principal source of the oil

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Finally, an expedition sent by the United States found the chaulmoogra tree in the forests of Burma.
    • The chaulmoogra tree also featured on a Fiji stamp of 1970 in honour of the closing of the hospital
    • Tropical chaulmoogra oil comes from the expressed oil of seeds of the chaulmoogra tree.
    • Chaulmoogra was later identified as a source of chaulmoogra oil, an age-old leprosy treatment.
    1. 1.1 The oil obtained from the seeds of the chaulmoogra tree. It is used medically and as a preservative, and was formerly used in the treatment of leprosy.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Until the advent of sulpha-based drugs, chaulmoogra oil was acknowledged by the international scientific community to be the only medicine known to Western medical science that was effective in treating the disease.
      • This form of treatment was adopted by Dr Durack in Western Australia, who treated him with chaulmoogra oil by mouth.
      • One of the standard treatments for leprosy has been to inject ethyl-esters of chaulmoogra oil into a muscle with a large bore syringe.
      • In the 12th century AD, chaulmoogra oil was imported into China from Cambodia - the native home of the tree from which it is derived.
      • Drugs are being made that have the same effect as chaulmoogra oil.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Bengali cāul-mugrā.

 
 
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