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AQUA AMMONIAE

\ˈakwəɹ amˈə͡ʊnɪˌiː], \ˈakwəɹ amˈə‍ʊnɪˌiː], \ˈa_k_w_ə_ɹ a_m_ˈəʊ_n_ɪ__ˌiː]\

Definitions of AQUA AMMONIAE

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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water charged with ammonia; antacid and stimulant.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Syn.: hartshorn. An aqueous solution of a., containing 10 per cent, by weight of the gas. Incorrectly called spirit of a. or spirit of hartshorn [U. S. Ph.].

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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