Opodeldoc

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Opodeldoc \Op`o*del"doc\, n. [So called by Paracelsus. The first
     syllable may be fr. Gr. ? vegetable juice.]
     1. A kind of plaster, said to have been invented by
        Mindererus, -- used for external injuries. [Obs.]
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     2. A saponaceous, camphorated liniment; a solution of soap in
        alcohol, with the addition of camphor and essential oils;
        soap liniment.
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