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HUNGARIAN TURPENTINE

\hʌŋɡˈe͡əɹi͡ən tˈɜːpɪntˌa͡ɪn], \hʌŋɡˈe‍əɹi‍ən tˈɜːpɪntˌa‍ɪn], \h_ʌ_ŋ_ɡ_ˈeə_ɹ_iə_n t_ˈɜː_p_ɪ_n_t_ˌaɪ_n]\

Definitions of HUNGARIAN TURPENTINE

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Carpathian (or Hungarian, or Riga) balsam; a thin fluid with a juniperlike smell that exudes from the young twigs of Pinus cembra and Pinus pumilio. It has the properties of ordinary t.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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