different between cyanide vs laetrile

English

Etymology

cyano- +? -ide

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa??na?d/
• Rhymes: -a?d

Noun

cyanide (countable and uncountable, plural cyanides)

1. (chemistry, countable) Any compound containing the -C?N radical or the C?N^?1 anion.
2. (uncountable) potassium cyanide - a water soluble poison
3. (uncountable) hydrogen cyanide, or cyanide gas - a poisonous gas

Derived terms

• ferricyanide
• ferrocyanide

Translations

Verb

cyanide (third-person singular simple present cyanides, present participle cyaniding, simple past and past participle cyanided)

1. (transitive) To treat or poison with cyanide.

See also

• hydrocyanic acid
• Zyklon B
• Nevada gas (slang)

Anagrams

• cyaneid

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed. Equivalent to cyaan +? -ide. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si.a??ni.d?/
• Hyphenation: cy?a?ni?de
• Rhymes: -i.d?

Noun

cyanide n (uncountable)

1. cyanide (C?N-based compound)

English

Etymology

A contraction of l-mandelonitrile, from Ancient Greek ???????? (amugdál?, “almond”) + -o- + nitrile.

Noun

laetrile (countable and uncountable, plural laetriles)

1. A drug, derived from the amygdalin of apricot kernels, once thought capable of destroying cancer cells by the release of cyanide but later banned in the United States by the FDA.

Synonyms

• amygdalin

Anagrams

• retaillé