Crossword clues for laetrile
Wiktionary
n. 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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food%20and%20Drug%20Administration.
WordNet
n. a substance derived from amygdalin; publicized as an antineoplastic drug although there is no supporting evidence
Usage examples of "laetrile".
We were trying to find Laetrile this drug from the 1970s made from peach pits.
Unfortunately, all the publicity suggests that Peptide 7 is in the same league with laetrile, ouzo and Spanish fly.
Hy-by- night miracle-cure center, no south-of-the-border laetrile clinic.
Mexicans have found that an extract from apricot pits, called laetrile, can cure cancer.
By midsummer, the United States government had announced that their research positively confirmed that the cancer-curing drug laetrile was absolutely useless, and by the end of the summer, a similar conclusion was drawn about Mr.