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Definition of Goa powder
1. Noun. A bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases.
Definition of Goa powder
1. Noun. araroba; a bitter powder found in the interspaces of the wood of a Brazilian tree (''Andira araroba'') and used as a medicine ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Goa powder
1. A bitter powder (also called araroba) found in the interspaces of the wood of a Brazilian tree (Andira araroba) and used as a medicine. It is the material from which chrysarobin is obtained. Origin: So called from Goa, on the Malabar coast, whither it was shipped from Portugal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Goa Powder
Literary usage of Goa powder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Goa powder, a drug occurring in the form of & yellowish-brown powder, varying
considerably in tint, ... In India Goa powder has been nsed in the form of ..."
2. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1864)
"The substance known as Goa powder was first introduced into Goa, on the Bombay
coast, some twelve years since, by a Portugese merchant. It was in masses, ..."
3. New Remedies edited by Horatio Charles Wood, Frederick Albert Castle, Charles Rice (1877)
"Treatment of Ringworm by Goa powder and by Perchloride of Iron." [Short notes
from Drs. A. Hughes Bennet and James Dobbie.] Cincinnati Lancet and Observer. ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1876)
"Dr. JF Da Silva Lima, referring to an article bj Dr. Fayrer, of Calcutta, on the
treatment of ringworm by "Goa powder," gives important evidence that this ..."
5. A Guide to Therapeutics and Materia Medica by Robert Farquharson (1877)
"... is the principal ingredient of Goa powder, Mr. Balmanno Squire has proved the
efficacy of this substance in the same class of cases, making an ointment ..."
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