aromatic spirits of ammonia

or aromatic spirit of ammonia

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. a nearly colorless liquid containing ammonia, ammonium carbonate, alcohol, and aromatic oils, used orally as an antacid and carminative and, by inhalation, as a stimulant in the treatment of faintness.

Example Sentences

What is more, I'll have a glass of lemonade ready, with aromatic spirits of ammonia in it.

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She made the glass of lemonade, added the usual allowance of aromatic spirits of ammonia and bromide—a bottle of each was kept in the sideboard ready for instant use—then ran upstairs and returned with the colourless liquid she had purloined from Dr. Anna's cupboard.

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Then I suddenly felt faint and remembered the lemonade with the aromatic spirits of ammonia and bromide in it.

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Well, I’m a graduate in pharmacy, you know, and so I fixed him up a little aromatic spirits of ammonia in a glass of soda-water.

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Alcohol, Spirits.—Give half a teaspoonful of aromatic spirits of ammonia in sweetened water every half hour.

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