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gum ammoniac

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

noun

  1. another name for ammoniac 2
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of gum ammoniac1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
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Example Sentences

Reduce gum ammoniac into powder, and dissolve it in gum arabic water, to which a little garlic juice has been added.

An emetic—Pills of seneka and gum ammoniac—Vitriolic acid in every thing she drinks.

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

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

Take of garlic two cloves, of gum ammoniac, one drachm; blend them by bruising together.

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