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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

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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Main Entry: ammoniac
—see SAL AMMONIAC

Main Entry: gum ammoniac
Function: noun
: AMMONIAC
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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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