Definitions for laetrileˈleɪ ɪ trɪl
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
la•e•trileˈleɪ ɪ trɪl(n.)
a controversial drug prepared chiefly from apricot pits and purported to cure cancer.
Category: Pharmacology
Origin of laetrile:
1950–55; lae(voratatory)+(ni)trile
Princeton's WordNet
laetrile(noun)
a substance derived from amygdalin; publicized as an antineoplastic drug although there is no supporting evidence
Wiktionary
laetrile(Noun)
A drug, derived from the amygdalin of apricot kernels, once thought capable of destroying cancer cells by the release of cyanide but later banned in the United States by the FDA.
Origin: A contraction of l-mandelonitrile, from ἀμυγδάλη + -o- + nitrile.
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