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am⋅mo⋅ni⋅ac

  [uh-moh-nee-ak]
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–noun
1. Also, am⋅mo⋅ni⋅a⋅cum  [am-uh-nahy-uh-kuhm] . gum ammoniac.
–adjective
2. ammoniacal.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME armoniac, ammoniak < L ammōniacum < Gk ammōniakón (neut. of ammōniakós of Ammon; see -i-, -ac ), applied to a salt and a gum resin prepared near the Shrine of Ammon in Libya

am⋅mo⋅ni⋅a⋅cal

  [am-uh-nahy-uh-kuhl]
–adjective
1. consisting of, containing, or using ammonia.
2. like ammonia.
Also, ammoniac.

Origin:
1725–35; ammoniac + -al 1

gum ammoniac

 
–noun
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.
Also called ammoniac, ammoniacum.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME
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am·mo·ni·ac 1   (ə-mō'nē-āk')   
adj.  Of, containing, or similar to ammonia.
am·mo·ni·ac 2   (ə-mō'nē-āk')   
n.  A strong-smelling gum resin from the stems of a plant (Dorema ammoniacum) of western Asia, formerly used in perfumery and in medicine as an expectorant and a stimulant. Also called gum ammoniac.

[Middle English ammoniak, from Latin ammōniacum, from Ammōniacus, of Amen, from Greek Ammōniakos; see ammonia.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: am·mo·ni·ac
Pronunciation: &-'mO-nE-"ak
Function: noun
: the aromatic gum resin of a Persian herb (Doremaammoniacum) of the carrot family used as an expectorant and stimulant and in plasters

Main Entry: ammoniac
—see SAL AMMONIAC

Main Entry: am·mo·ni·a·cal
Pronunciation: "am-&-'nI-&-k&l
Variant: also am·mo·ni·ac /&-'mO-nE-"ak/
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, containing, or having the properties of ammonia

Main Entry: gum ammoniac
Function: noun
: AMMONIAC
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ammoniac am·mo·ni·ac (ə-mō'nē-āk')
n.
A strong-smelling gum resin from the stems of a plant of western Asia, formerly used in perfumery and in medicine as an expectorant and a stimulant.

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