laetrile

[ley-i-tril]

la·e·trile

[ley-i-tril]
noun
a controversial drug, purported to cure cancer, prepared from the pits of apricots or peaches and containing about 6 percent cyanide by weight: banned by the FDA.

Origin:
1950–55; said to be a contraction of l-mandelonitrile, equivalent to l- + German Mandel almond + -o- + nitrile
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laetrile (ˈleɪəˌtraɪl)
 
n
an extract of peach stones, containing amygdalin, sold as a cure for cancer but judged useless and possibly dangerous by medical scientists
 
[C20: from laevorotatory + nitrile]

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laetrile la·e·trile (lā'ĭ-trĭl', -trəl)
n.
A drug derived from amygdalin from apricot pits and purported to have antineoplastic properties.

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