euphorbium Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine
    gum eurphorbium.

WordNet

Eu*phor"bi*um noun
Etymology
NL., fr. L. euphorbeum, from Gr. -- so called after Euphorbus, a Greek physician.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) An inodorous exudation, usually in the form of yellow tears, produced chiefly by the African Euphorbia resinifrea. It was formerly employed medicinally, but was found so violent in its effects that its use is nearly abandoned.

Webster 1913