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AMBERGRIS

\ˈambəɡɹˌɪs], \ˈambəɡɹˌɪs], \ˈa_m_b_ə_ɡ_ɹ_ˌɪ_s]\

Definitions of AMBERGRIS

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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A gray substance found in the intestinal tracts of the sperm whale.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

A fragrant waxy substance coming from the sperm-whale.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A grayish pathological secretion from the intestine of the sperm whale; it is used as a perfume, and has been employed as a nerve stimulant in doses of gr. 1-3 (0.06-0.2).

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Excretion from intestines of the sperm whale.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

A fragrant substance, of a gray color, found on the sea-coast of warm countries, and in the intestines of the spermaceti whale.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

A fragrant drug of animal origin.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A waxy substance from the sperm whale, used in perfumery.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

An ash-coloured odorous substance used in perfumery; a morbid secretion of the intestines of the spermaceti whale, and often found floating on the ocean, which it frequents.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

An ash-coloured waxy substance found floating on the seas frequented by sperm whales, supposed to be an internal secretion from these animals-used as a fragrant drug.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

A concrete substance, of the consistence of wax, cineritious colour, studded with yellow and blackish spots, and exhaling a very pleasant odour. It seems highly probable that ambergris is formed in the intestines of the whale, and voided with its excrement. Like all aromatic substances, ambergris is slightly anti-spasmodic and excitant; but it is oftener employed as a perfume than as a medicine.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

A gray substance from the sperm whale's intestines : somewhat useful as a nerve-stimulant.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A substance probably derived from the intestines of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), found on the surface and shores of the ocean. It occurs in opaque, rounded fragments usually grayish, but often variegated in color, having a peculiar aromatic odor, and consisting chiefly of ambrein.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. A fragrant substance used in perfumery.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

A fragrant drug that melts almost like wax, used both as a perfume and a cordial.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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