Look up: ammoniac

1. ammoniac
   Type: Term Pronunciation: ă-mō′nē-ak Definitions: 1. A gum resin from a plant of western Asia, Dorema ammoniacum (family Umbelliferae); used internally as a stimulant and expectorant, and externally as a counterirritant plaster.
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2. ammoniac
   [adj] - pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia 2. [n] - the aromatic gum of the ammoniac plant
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3. Ammoniac
   Am·mo'ni·ac ( or Gum` am*mo'ni*ac noun [ Latin Ammoniacum , Greek ... a resinous gum, said to distill from a tree near the temple of Jupiter Ammon ; confer French ammoniac . See Ammonite .] (Medicine) T...
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4. ammoniac
   A gum resin from a plant of western Asia, Dorema ammoniacum (family Umbelliferae); used internally as a stimulant and expectorant, and externally as a counterirritant plaster. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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5. ammoniac
   ammoniacal adjective pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia
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6. ammoniac
   gum ammoniac noun the aromatic gum of the ammoniac plant
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7. Ammoniac
   • (n.) Alt. of Gum ammoniac • (a.) Alt. of Ammoniacal
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8. ammoniac
   ammoniac Other related 'sand' units: amatho-; areni-; silico-; thino-.
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9. ammoniac
   ammoniac or gum ammoniac (umō'nēăk") , yellowish substance with a sickening, bitter taste, obtained from the milky exudate of the injured stem of a plant (Dorema ammoniacum) found in Iran, India, and S Siberia. It is a gum resin, soluble in alcohol and ether. It is used in ...
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