AMMONIUM
\amˈə͡ʊni͡əm], \amˈəʊniəm], \a_m_ˈəʊ_n_iə_m]\
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By William R. Warner
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A hypothetical univalent radicle, NH4, supposed to be contained in ammoniacal salts, and to have the property of combining with an electro-negative element or radicle, forming a salt. A. salts stimulate respiration and the action of the heart. Many of them are of little or no therapeutic interest.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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Harmar, Josiah
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