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单词 Laetrile
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Definition of Laetrile in English:

Laetrile

noun ˈleɪtrʌɪlˈlāəˌtril
mass nountrademark
  • A compound extracted from peach stones, formerly used controversially to treat cancer.

    〈商标〉莱特里(L-扁桃腈-β-葡糖醛酸)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A prime example is Laetrile (laevo-mandelonitrile-beta-glucuronoside), a useless and poisonous drug promoted for cancer treatment.
    • His father got sick, he wanted to bring Laetrile into the country.
    • The notion that vitamins and colloidal minerals, herbs, coffee enemas, colonic irrigation, Laetrile, meditation, etc., can enhance the immune system and thereby help restore health is bogus.
    • Gather together dried apricot pits, we'll fleece the dying by calling it Laetrile: a cancer cure.
    • Vitamin B17, or Laetrile, is found plentifully in apricot stone kernels and is thought to play a role in reducing inappropriate cell division which occurs in malignant tumours.

Origin

1950s: from a blend of laevorotatory and nitrile.

Definition of Laetrile in US English:

Laetrile

nounˈlāəˌtril
trademark
  • A compound extracted from amygdalin, formerly used controversially to treat cancer.

    〈商标〉莱特里(L-扁桃腈-β-葡糖醛酸)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Gather together dried apricot pits, we'll fleece the dying by calling it Laetrile: a cancer cure.
    • A prime example is Laetrile (laevo-mandelonitrile-beta-glucuronoside), a useless and poisonous drug promoted for cancer treatment.
    • The notion that vitamins and colloidal minerals, herbs, coffee enemas, colonic irrigation, Laetrile, meditation, etc., can enhance the immune system and thereby help restore health is bogus.
    • His father got sick, he wanted to bring Laetrile into the country.
    • Vitamin B17, or Laetrile, is found plentifully in apricot stone kernels and is thought to play a role in reducing inappropriate cell division which occurs in malignant tumours.

Origin

1950s: from a blend of levorotatory and nitrile.

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