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oleum

/oh-lee-uhm/US // ˈoʊ li əm //UK // (ˈəʊlɪəm) //

油脂,油麻地,油墨,油麻黄

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural o·le·a [oh-lee-uh] /ˈoʊ li ə/ for 1, o·le·ums for 2.

    • : Pharmacology. oil.
    • : Chemistry. pyrosulfuric acid.

Examples

  • Greek-fire was the precursor of gunpowder; it was the oleum incendiarum of the Romans.

  • Iterumque, Quinti Julii Murranii stagium opobalsamatum, sive myrrhæ oleum opobalsamo permixtum, ad cap.

  • A sample of B. Oleum Iodine was submitted by the manufacturer and examined.

  • A few crystals of ammonium chlorid were added to a little of B. Oleum Iodine and treated as above.

  • From the Latin oleum, formed from olea, olive-tree, the fruit of which abounds in oil.