亚洲网紅露点

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terebene

[ ter-uh-been ]

noun

Pharmacology.
  1. a mixture of terpenes that occurs as a colorless liquid, used in medicine chiefly as an expectorant.


terebene

/ 藞迟蓻谤蓹藢产颈藧苍 /

noun

  1. 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
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of terebene1

First recorded in 1855鈥60; tereb(inth) + -ene
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of terebene1

C19: from tereb ( inth ) + -ene
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Terebene, ter鈥材-b膿n, n. a light-yellow liquid, obtained by treating oil of turpentine with sulphuric acid, used as a disinfectant.鈥攁dj.

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The new devices were dismal, such as the vile stuff called terebene, which smoked and smelt more than it illuminated, such as the wax tapers which were coiled round bottles that had seen better days.

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Terebene, a mixture of dipentene and other hydrocarbons prepared from turpentine oil by treatment with concentrated sulphuric acid, is used chiefly in medicated soaps.

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What is called Terebene, a most useful medicine for winter cough, is produced by the action of sulphuric acid on Turpentine.

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By the action of a small quantity of sulphuric acid, among other products terebene is formed.

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