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chaulmoogra

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chaul·moo·gra  (chôl-mgr)
n.
Any of several tropical Asian trees of the genus Hydnocarpus, whose seeds contain an oil formerly used to treat skin lesions caused by leprosy and other diseases.
[Bengali culmugr.]
chaulmoogra [tʃɔːlˈmuːgrə]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a tropical Asian tree, Taraktogenos (or Hydnocarpus) kurzii: family Flacourtiaceae
2. (Medicine / Pharmacology) oil from the seed of this tree, used in treating leprosy
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several similar or related trees
[from Bengali cāulmugrā, from cāul rice + mugrā hemp]
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Noun1.chaulmoograchaulmoogra - East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy
chaulmoogra tree, chaulmugra, Hydnocarpus kurzii, Taraktagenos kurzii, Taraktogenos kurzii
genus Hydnocarpus, genus Taraktagenos, genus Taraktogenos, Hydnocarpus, Taraktagenos, Taraktogenos - medium to large Indonesian and Malaysian trees
tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms


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Prior to the early 1940s, the sole treatment for leprosy was Chaulmoogra oil--a foul smelling and largely ineffective tree extract that patients could opt to take either orally (at the price of extreme nausea) or by injection (at the risk of developing painful local abcesses).
Leprosy, domesticity, and patient protest: the social context of a ... by Fairchild, Amy L. / Journal of Social History
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