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THUS AMERICANUM

\ðˈʌs ɐmˈɛɹɪkˌanəm], \ðˈʌs ɐmˈɛɹɪkˌanəm], \ð_ˈʌ_s ɐ_m_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_k_ˌa_n_ə_m]\

Definitions of THUS AMERICANUM

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Common turpentine (the oleoresin). The English synonym is frankincense, but the term frankincense is used as a synonym for olibanum in the U. S., but not for turpentine [Br. Ph., 1898].

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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