Amygdalic
of almonds.
chemistry. of or derived from amygdalin or amygdalic acid.
historical examples
one of these, hydroxytoluol (amygdalic) tropeine, he has named homatropine.
poisons: their effects and detection alexander wynter blyth
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a white, bitter-tasting, water-soluble, glycosidic powder, c 20 h 27 no 11 , usually obtained from bitter almond seeds and the leaves of plants of the genus prunus and related genera: used chiefly in medicine as an expectorant. historical examples amygdalin, amygdaline, a-mig′da-lin, n. a crystalline principle existing in the kernel of bitter almonds. chambers’s […]
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of, relating to, or resembling an almond. historical examples amygdalin, amygdaline, a-mig′da-lin, n. a crystalline principle existing in the kernel of bitter almonds. chambers’s twentieth century dictionary (part 1 of 4: a-d) various adjective (anatomy) of or relating to a tonsil of or resembling almonds amygdaline a·myg·da·line (ə-mĭg’də-lĭn, -līn’) adj. relating to or resembling an […]
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a volcanic rock in which rounded cavities formed by the expansion of gas or steam have later become filled with deposits of various minerals. (of rocks) containing amygdules. . anatomy. of or relating to an amygdala. historical examples they are composed of clay mixed with gravel, and covered with a wall of amygdaloid. diplomatic days […]
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