| 单词 | laetrile |
| 释义 | laetrile[ ley-i-tril ] / ˈleɪ ɪ trɪl / nouna 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 of laetrile1950–55; said to be a contraction of l-mandelonitrile, equivalent to l- + German Mandel almond + -o- + nitrile Words nearby laetrilelaeotropic, Laertes, Laestrygones, Laetare Sunday, Laetitia, laetrile, laevo-, laevogyrate, laevorotation, laevorotatory, laevulin Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for laetrilelaetrile / (ˈleɪəˌtraɪl) / nounan extract of peach stones, containing amygdalin, sold as a cure for cancer but judged useless and possibly dangerous by medical scientists Word Origin for laetrileC20: from laevorotatory + nitrile Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for laetrilelaetrile [ lā′ĭ-trĭl′, -trəl ] n.A drug derived from amygdalin from apricot pits and purported to have antineoplastic properties. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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