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Definition of Copaiba
1. Noun. An oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments.
Definition of Copaiba
1. n. A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of Copaifera, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and is much used in affections of the mucous membranes; -- called also balsam of copaiba.
Definition of Copaiba
1. Noun. An oleoresin, from South American trees of the genus ''Copaifera'', used in varnishes, ointments and as a perfume fixative. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Copaiba
1. a resin [n -S]
Medical Definition of Copaiba
1. The oleoresin of Copaifera officinalis and other species of Copaifera (family Leguminosae), a South American plant; copaiba oil is used as an expectorant, diuretic, and stimulant. Synonym: balsam of copaiba. Origin: Sp. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Copaiba
Literary usage of Copaiba
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1884)
"Action of copaiba on the Urine.—Quincke finds that the addition of hydrochloric
acid to the urine of a patient who has taken copaiba causes it to become ..."
2. Manual of therapeutics: Referring Especially to the Products of the by Davis & Company Parke, Parke, Davis & Company (1909)
"copaiba, 7 mins. OH Cubeb, 3 mins. copaiba Oil and Oil of Cubeb (No. 41).
OH copaiba, G mins. Oil Cubeb, 4 mins. copaiba and Oleoresin Cubeb (No. 19). ..."
3. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1860)
"Soluble in alcohol and ether. (Gerber.) Oil of copaiba dissolves ... Source and
Extraction. lu a variety of copaiba balsam from Brazil. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"The alcoholic solution leaves when evaporated a thick oil, which smells like
balsam of copaiba, and appears to hold in solution undecomposed ..."
5. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1917)
"Characters of copaiba Oil.—The following figures are given by Gilde- meister for
various types of oil of copaiba (Die Atherischen Oele, 2nd Edition, Vol. ..."
6. Practical therapeutics by Edward John Waring (1866)
"When copaiba has been continued in repeated doses for a few days, ... When copaiba
is given in large doses, it occasionally produces Urticaria. ..."
7. The Pathology and treatment of venereal diseases: Including the Results of by Freeman Josiah Bumstead (1861)
"copaiba and Calebs.—Certain drugs which appear to possess a peculiar power in
arresting ... It had already been observed in practice that copaiba and ..."
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