chaulmoogra oil
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of chaulmoogra oil
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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Modified chaulmoogra oil, based on the Ball Method, was distributed worldwide and helped free countless people from isolated leper colonies.
From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2023
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
For example, the thickness, or viscosity, of the chaulmoogra oil was due to its intermolecular forces.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
The first medications more effective than the Asian ancients' chaulmoogra oil had been developed by U.S. researchers, tested at the Public Health Service Hospital in Carville, and just released for use in Hawaii.
From Time Magazine Archive
XV, pages 771-772, sets forth the participation of Alice Ball, a scholarly Negro chemist, in the treatment of leprosy through the use of chaulmoogra oil extracted by a difficult scientific process.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 by Various
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