gum ammoniac
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.
Origin of gum ammoniac
1- Also called ammoniac, ammoniacum.
Words Nearby gum ammoniac
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How to use gum ammoniac in a sentence
Reduce gum ammoniac into powder, and dissolve it in gum arabic water, to which a little garlic juice has been added.
Endless Amusement | UnknownAn emetic—Pills of seneka and gum ammoniac—Vitriolic acid in every thing she drinks.
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses | William WitheringThe 44 pounds of gum ammoniac was reported "damaged," and the 86 pounds of rhubarb was described as "bad."
Drug Supplies in the American Revolution | George B. GriffenhagenThis gum is used for similar purposes as gum ammoniac and assafœtida.
The American Reformed Cattle Doctor | George DaddTake of garlic two cloves, of gum ammoniac, one drachm; blend them by bruising together.
The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 | George D. Wolf
British Dictionary definitions for gum ammoniac
another name for ammoniac 2
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