ASA-FET'IDA, noun [Asa, gum, and Latin 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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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.