amyl

/am-il, ey-mil/US // ˈæm ɪl, ˈeɪ mɪl //UK // (ˈæmɪl) //

戊基,戊烷,戊醇,戊

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

n.名词 noun

With the president surrounded by “a fast Hollywood crowd,” someone offered him amyl nitrite, or “poppers.”
The clear distillate had a peculiar odor suggesting both tea and amyl formate.
The distillate, in every case, had an ethereal odor suggesting amyl formate in very dilute solution, but was more fragrant.
Amyl, am′il, n. the fifth in the series of the alcohol radicals, a natural product of the distillation of coal.
In such patients I should be disinclined to allow the use of amyl.
Caffein aids the action of nitrates, acetanilid, ethyl alcohol and amyl alcohol, and increases the toxicity of barium chloride.