Usually means: Cooling, mint-derived, aromatic organic compound.
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  1. menthol: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. menthol: Merriam-Webster
  3. menthol: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. menthol: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. menthol: Collins English Dictionary
  6. menthol: Vocabulary.com
  7. Menthol, menthol: Wordnik
  8. menthol: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. menthol: Wiktionary
  10. menthol: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. menthol: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. menthol: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. menthol: Dictionary.com
  14. menthol: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. menthol: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Menthol (data page), Menthol, (-)-menthol: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Menthol: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. menthol: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. menthol: Rhymezone
  20. Menthol: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. menthol: FreeDictionary.org
  22. menthol: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. menthol: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Menthol: Health & Beauty Glossary

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  1. menthol: Encyclopedia

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  1. menthol: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  5. menthol: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  6. menthol: Medical dictionary

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  1. The Menthol: Urban Dictionary

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  1. Menthol: Beauty & Health Glossary

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noun:  (organic chemistry) A cyclic monoterpene alcohol; the major component of the essential oil of peppermint; used in pharmaceutical preparations as an antitussive and antipruritic agent, as a nasal decongestant, and in menthol cigarettes.
noun:  A menthol cigarette.

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