gum ammoniac

American  

noun

1. a brownish-yellow gum resin, having an acrid taste, occurring in tearlike fragments from a plant, Dorema ammoniacum, of western Asia: used in porcelain ceramics and in medicine as an expectorant and counterirritant.

---

gum ammoniac British  

noun

1. another name for ammoniac 2

---

Etymology

Origin of gum ammoniac

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

gum ammoniac

He took chrystals of tartar, seneka, gum ammoniac, saline draughts, emetics, tinct. of cantharides, spirits of nitre dulcified, squills in all forms, volatile alkaly, calomel, Dover's powder, &c.

From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William

I was afraid to push the Digitalis in so hazardous a subject, and therefore directed tinct. amara with tinct. canthar. and pills of squill, seneka, salt of tartar and gum ammoniac.

From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William

This gum is used for similar purposes as gum ammoniac and assafœtida.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George

The 44 pounds of gum ammoniac was reported "damaged," and the 86 pounds of rhubarb was described as "bad."

From Drug Supplies in the American Revolution by Griffenhagen, George B.

Digital. made into pills, with gum ammoniac and aromatic species, soon relieved his breathing.

From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William