ASAFETIDA

{ As′a‐fet″i‐da, As′a‐fœt″i‐da } (�), n. [[Asa + L. foetidus fetid.]] The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafœtida) of Persia and the East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic. [Written also assafœtida.]