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liquid pitch (medicine)


liquid pitch -->
pine tar


Obtained by the destructive distillation of the wood of Pinus palustris and Other species of Pinus; used internally as an expectorant, and externally in the treatment of skin diseases.

Synonym: liquid pitch.


beluga (medicine)


beluga
<zoology> A cetacean allied to the dolphins.

The northern beluga (Delphinapterus catodon) is the white whale and white fish of the whalers. It grows to be from twelve to eighteen feet long.

Origin: Russ. Bieluga a sort of large sturgeon, prop. White fish, fr. Bieluii white.

Source: Websters Dictionary