| 单词 | camphor |
| 释义 | camphor —camphoraceous /kam'feuh ray"sheuhs/, adj. —camphoric /kam fawr"ik, -for"-/, adj. /kam"feuhr/, n. Chem., Pharm. 1. a whitish, translucent, crystalline, pleasant-odored terpene ketone, C10H16O, obtained from the camphor tree, used chiefly in the manufacture of celluloid and in medicine as a counter-irritant for infections and in the treatment of pain and itching. 2. any substance having medicinal or aromatic characteristics similar to those of camphor. [1275-1325; < ML, NL camphora << Ar kafur < Malay kapur chalk, lime, camphor; r. ME caumfre < AF < ML] |
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