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The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the East India. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic.
Alternative forms: assafoetida.
Origin: Asa + L. Foetidus fetid.
(01 Mar 1998)
as-, as31, AS/400, ASA, asafetida < Prev | Next > asap, asaphus, asarabacca, asarone
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