chaulmoogra
Americannoun
noun
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a tropical Asian tree, Taraktogenos (or Hydnocarpus ) kurzii: family Flacourtiaceae
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oil from the seed of this tree, used in treating leprosy
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any of several similar or related trees
Etymology
Origin of chaulmoogra
First recorded in 1805–15, chaulmoogra is from the Bengali word cālmugrā
Example Sentences
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The report, by Harry Hollmann, extolled the therapeutic potential of chaulmoogra oil, originally a folk remedy for leprosy with ancient roots in India and China.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2023
During the time of Ball’s chaulmoogra research, leprosy was still steeped in stigma, just as it was in the biblical era.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2023
While she was an instructor at the College of Hawaii in 1915, Ball invented a process for producing an anti-leprosy drug from the tropical chaulmoogra tree.
From Nature ● May 17, 2020
For example, the thickness, or viscosity, of the chaulmoogra oil was due to its intermolecular forces.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Before sulfone, the main form of treatment was chaulmoogra oil, which produced dubious results and hampered the patients’ quality of life.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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