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Asa-fetida

ASA-FET'IDA, n. [Asa, gum, and L. fatidus, fetid.] A fetid gum-resin, from the East Indies. It is the concrete juice of a large unbelliferous plant, much used in Medicine, as an antispasmodic.

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