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Noun: turps  turps
  1. Volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally
    - turpentine, oil of turpentine, spirit of turpentine
Noun: TURP
  1. Removal of significant amounts of prostate tissue (as in cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia)
    - transurethral resection of the prostate

Type of: essential oil, resection, volatile oil

Encyclopedia: Turps

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