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CARICUM

\kˈaɹɪkəm], \kˈaɹɪkəm], \k_ˈa_ɹ_ɪ_k_ə_m]\

Definitions of CARICUM

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science

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Said to have been named after its inventor Caricus. Car'ycum. A detergent application to ulcers; composed of black hellebore, sandarach, copper, lead, sulphur, orpiment, cantharides, and oil of cedar.-Hippocrates.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
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