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Camphoric

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cam·phor  (kmfr)
n.
An aromatic crystalline compound, C10H16O, obtained naturally from the wood or leaves of the camphor tree or synthesized and used as an insect repellent, in the manufacture of film, plastics, lacquers, and explosives, and in medicine chiefly in external preparations to relieve mild pain and itching.
[Middle English caumfre, from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin camphora, from Arabic kfr, possibly from Malay kapur; akin to Sanskrit karpra.]
camphor·aceous (kmf-rshs) adj.
cam·phoric (-fôrk, -fr-) adj.
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Adj.1.camphoric - relating to or derived from or containing camphor; "camphoric liniments"
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