S Logo
 Dictionary
 Open and Collaborative
 Home page

Meaning of visvaporú



furoya Image
furoya

visvaporú
  56

Here there is no way to rate the entry as spam 128513; . It is the deformation of the name of a centenary ointment to alleviate respiratory congestion that is actually commercially called "Vick's VapoRub", although it changed its name several times from its appearance in the USA to the late nineteenth century. According to legend the inventor of the cream, Lunsford Richardson, added the "Vick" by the name of his brother-in-law and dr. Vick, perhaps to give him some medical endorsement; it is also said that it is by the plant of vick or Plectranthus hadiensis, although it is not in the composition and its leaves do not really serve to scare away the snot but the evil spirits 128558; . The VapoRub thing is the union of the English voices steam ( "vaho" ) rub ( "frotar" ) .

  



Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez Image
Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

Popular way to call the Vick VapoRub . It is a common pharmaceutical product widely used as nasal decongestant and to relieve common cold symptoms.

  

Felipe Lorenzo del Río Image
Felipe Lorenzo del Río

Popular name of an unctuous and whitish ointment with essences of timol, menthol, alcanphment and eucalyptus with cedar oil and petroleum inse, which is usually applied to the chest to relieve cough and nasal congestion of colds or seasonal flu that usually attacks these d You'd be cold in the winter. It can also be diluted in hot water to inhale vapours.

  










What is the meaning of visvaporú in the Spanish open dictionary

Follow www.wordmeaning.org on Facebook  Follow www.wordmeaning.org on Twitter  Follow www.wordmeaning.org on Google+  Follow www.wordmeaning.org on feed 

  ES    PT