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chaulmoogra|tʃɔːlˈmuːgrə|
Also chal-, -maugra, -mugra.
[Bengali, f. cāl, cāul rice + mugrā a type of plant.]
Any of several tropical Asian trees of the family Flacourtiaceæ, esp. Taraktogenos kurzii. Hence chaulmoogra oil, a vegetable oil obtained from the seeds of the chaulmoogra, formerly much used in the treatment of leprosy and skin diseases; chaulmoogric acid, an acid found in chaulmoogra oil.
a1815Roxburgh Flora Indica (1832) III. 836 Chaulmoogra and Petarkura, are the names of this tree, and the drug, hereafter mentioned, which it furnishes. Ibid. 837 The seeds of this tree, called Chaulmoogree. 1876Encycl. Brit. V. 675 Chálmugrá oil. 1884Ibid. XVII. 744 Chaulmoogra oil. Gynocardia odorata. 1904F. B. Power & F. H. Gurnall in Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXXXV. 839 Chaulmoogra seeds. Ibid. 847 It has been decided to designate this new acid chaulmoogric acid. 1907Practitioner Aug. 245 Chaulmoogra oil is generally considered to have the greatest beneficial effect on leprosy. 1933Discovery Jan. 4/1 The ancient Indian remedy for leprosy is chaulmoogra oil, containing chaulmoogric and hydnocarpic acids. 1955Sci. News Let. 13 Aug. 103/3 Chaulmoogric acid has been replaced in leprosy treatment by synthetic drugs of the sulfone family. |