terpin

English

Etymology

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Noun

terpin (plural terpins)

1. (chemistry) A compound, C₁₀H₁₈(OH)₂, used as an expectorant.
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (obsolete, medicine) Any of several preparations, primarily of terpineol, used medicinally

Anagrams

• Petrin, Pinter, Pitner, e-print, nipter, pinter, pre-tin, pretin, pterin, reptin