menthol

/men-thawl, -thol/US // ˈmɛn θɔl, -θɒl //UK // (ˈmɛnθɒl) //

薄荷,薄荷醇,薄荷糖,薄荷油

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : Also called hexahydrothymol, peppermint camphor. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble alcohol, C10H20O, obtained from peppermint oil or synthesized: used chiefly in perfumes, confections, cigarettes, and liqueurs and in medicine for colds and nasal disorders for its cooling effect on mucous membranes.
- : a mentholated cigarette.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : containing menthol; mentholated.

Examples

In early 2020, it all-out banned the sale of potentially youth-friendly flavored products—notably and controversially excluding menthol—used in pod-based systems, like market leader Juul.
The FDA’s menthol ban comes eight years after a citizen petition calling for such a move.
In an effort to curb youth vaping, the FDA in the fall of 2018 put forth new restrictions, forbidding the sale of products in all flavors except mint, menthol, and tobacco in stores where minors can shop.
Even before the menthol ban, there was fierce outcry from the tobacco and harm-reduction worlds over the FDA’s increasingly aggressive nicotine regulations.
Found in the skin of many mammals, TRPM8 alerts the rest of the body to cold, but also gets activated by menthol, the chemical behind peppermint’s cooling sensation.
Menthol is used in medicine to relieve pain, as in rheumatism, neuralgia, throat affections and toothache.
Evidently this imposingly named product is practically a lanolin ointment containing oil of wintergreen and menthol.
According to the statements of the manufacturers, Bengus Analgesic Balm contains menthol, salicylate of methyl and lanolin.
With a view to narcotizing them while in this condition, menthol was applied to the water but did not seem to have much effect.
Emmie was to keep menthol in it, Ethan said, and to sniff the aromatic remedy through the open-work inner lid of gold.

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : Also called hexahydrothymol, peppermint camphor. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble alcohol, C10H20O, obtained from peppermint oil or synthesized: used chiefly in perfumes, confections, cigarettes, and liqueurs and in medicine for colds and nasal disorders for its cooling effect on mucous membranes.
- : a mentholated cigarette.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : containing menthol; mentholated.

Examples

In early 2020, it all-out banned the sale of potentially youth-friendly flavored products—notably and controversially excluding menthol—used in pod-based systems, like market leader Juul.

The FDA’s menthol ban comes eight years after a citizen petition calling for such a move.

In an effort to curb youth vaping, the FDA in the fall of 2018 put forth new restrictions, forbidding the sale of products in all flavors except mint, menthol, and tobacco in stores where minors can shop.

Even before the menthol ban, there was fierce outcry from the tobacco and harm-reduction worlds over the FDA’s increasingly aggressive nicotine regulations.

Found in the skin of many mammals, TRPM8 alerts the rest of the body to cold, but also gets activated by menthol, the chemical behind peppermint’s cooling sensation.

Menthol is used in medicine to relieve pain, as in rheumatism, neuralgia, throat affections and toothache.

Evidently this imposingly named product is practically a lanolin ointment containing oil of wintergreen and menthol.

According to the statements of the manufacturers, Bengus Analgesic Balm contains menthol, salicylate of methyl and lanolin.

With a view to narcotizing them while in this condition, menthol was applied to the water but did not seem to have much effect.

Emmie was to keep menthol in it, Ethan said, and to sniff the aromatic remedy through the open-work inner lid of gold.