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1. (n.) camphor
a white, pleasant-smelling terpene ketone, C
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME caumfre < AF < ML camphora&indirdesc; Ar kāfūr < Malay kapur)
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1. (noun) camphor
a resin obtained from the camphor tree; used in making celluloid and liniment
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1. (noun) camphor
a tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the Laurus family, esp. from Cinnamomum camphara (the Laurus camphara of Linnaeus.). Camphor, C10H16O, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative
2. (noun) camphor
a gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree (Dryobalanops camphora) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; -- called also Malay camphor, camphor of Borneo, or borneol. See Borneol
3. (verb) camphor
to impregnate or wash with camphor; to camphorate
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. camphor
A bicyclic monoterpene ketone found widely in plants, especially CINNAMOMUM CAMPHORA. It is used topically as a skin antipruritic and as an anti-infective agent.
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Sense: a strongly scented whitish substance, used for various medical and industrial purposes
Mothballs contain camphor.
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 Afrikaans: kanfer |
 Arabic: زَيْتُ الكافور |
 Bulgarian: камфор |
 Brazilian: cânfora |
 Czech: kafr |
 German: der Kampfer |
 Danish: kamfer |
 Greek: καμφορά |
 Spanish: alcanfor |
 Estonian: kamper |
 Farsi: کافور |
 Finnish: kamferi |
 French: camphre |
 Hebrew: קַמפוֹר |
 Hindi: कर्पूर, काफूर |
 Croatian: kamfor |
 Hungarian: kámfor |
 Indonesian: kamper |
 Icelandic: kamfóra |
 Italian: canfora |
 Japanese: しょうのう |
 Korean: 장뇌(樟腦) |
 Lithuanian: kamparas |
 Latvian: kampars |
 Malay: kapur barus |
 Dutch: kamfer |
 Norwegian: kamfer |
 Polish: kamfora |
 Persian: کافور |
 Pashto: كافور، يوه ژاولنه غو ندې |
 Portuguese: cânfora |
 Romanian: camfor |
 Russian: камфара |
 Slovak: gáfor |
 Slovenian: kafra |
 Serbian: kamfor |
 Swedish: kamfer |
 Thai: สารสีขาวมีกลิ่นฉุน; การบู |
 Turkish: kâfur |
 Taiwanese: 樟腦 |
 Ukrainian: камфора |
 Urdu: کافور |
 Vietnamese: long não |
 Chinese: 樟脑 |
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