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Definition of Asafoetida
1. Noun. The brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic.
Definition of Asafoetida
1. Noun. (alternative form of assafoetida) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Asafoetida
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Medical Definition of Asafoetida
1. The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the East India. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic. Alternative forms: assafoetida. Origin: Asa + L. Foetidus fetid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Asafoetida
Literary usage of Asafoetida
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1911)
"asafoetida occurs in tears separated or sticking together, ... The British
Pharmacopoeia of 1885 described asafoetida as occurring ""rarely in tears; ..."
2. Monks' Cookbook by Himalayan Academy, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1997)
"asafoetida, Ferula asafoetida asafoetida has a unique sulphurous odor and pungent
taste that ... Nevertheless, asafoetida is by far the strongest aid to the ..."
3. Pathogenetic Outlines of Homœpathic Drugs by Carl Heinigke (1880)
"asafoetida. convulsions and symptoms of paralysis; in chronic catarrhs of the mucosa
... asafoetida. Active Principles.—Resin and ethereal oil. Preparation. ..."
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