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laetrile

noun

Meaning

  1. 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.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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