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CAMPHORATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does camphorate mean?
• CAMPHORATE (verb)
The verb CAMPHORATE has 1 sense:
1. treat with camphor
Familiarity information: CAMPHORATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Treat with camphor
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "camphorate" is one way to...):
process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
camphor (a resin obtained from the camphor tree; used in making celluloid and liniment)
Context examples
A capsule containing a fermented soymilk extract and oligomeric proanthocyanidins (OPCs), green tea, spirullina, curcumin and antrodia camphorate powder, with potential antioxidant, immunomodulating, anti-infective and anti-cancer activities.
(OPCs/Green Tea/Spirullina/Curcumin/Antrodia Camphorate/Fermented Soymilk Extract Capsule, NCI Thesaurus)
OPCs/green tea/spirullina/curcumin/antrodia camphorate/fermented soymilk extract capsule may boost the immune system and may alleviate fatigue and poor appetite in cancer chemotherapy patients.
(OPCs/Green Tea/Spirullina/Curcumin/Antrodia Camphorate/Fermented Soymilk Extract Capsule, NCI Thesaurus)
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