AMBERGRIS
\ˈambəɡɹˌɪs], \ˈambəɡɹˌɪs], \ˈa_m_b_ə_ɡ_ɹ_ˌɪ_s]\
Definitions of AMBERGRIS
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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A fragrant substance, of a gray color, found on the sea-coast of warm countries, and in the intestines of the spermaceti whale.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A concrete substance, of the consistence of wax, cineritious colour, studded with yellow and blackish spots, and exhaling a very pleasant odour. It seems highly probable that ambergris is formed in the intestines of the whale, and voided with its excrement. Like all aromatic substances, ambergris is slightly anti-spasmodic and excitant; but it is oftener employed as a perfume than as a medicine.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A substance probably derived from the intestines of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), found on the surface and shores of the ocean. It occurs in opaque, rounded fragments usually grayish, but often variegated in color, having a peculiar aromatic odor, and consisting chiefly of ambrein.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe