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AMMONIAC

\amˈə͡ʊnɪˌak], \amˈə‍ʊnɪˌak], \a_m_ˈəʊ_n_ɪ__ˌa_k]\

Definitions of AMMONIAC

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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Alt. of Gum ammoniac

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Alt. of Gum ammoniac

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A gum brought from Persia, and used in medicine as an expectorant.

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

A fetid gum-resin : stimulant and expectorant.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

n. [German] The concrete juice of an umbelliferous plant brought from Persia.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

A gum, a salt.

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

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