ALL meanings of laetrile
la·e·trile
L l - noun laetrile a controversial drug, purported to cure cancer, prepared from the pits of apricots or peaches and containing about 6 percent cyanide by weight: banned by the FDA. 1
- noun laetrile 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. 0
- noun laetrile an extract of peach stones, containing amygdalin, sold as a cure for cancer but judged useless and possibly dangerous by medical scientists 0
- noun laetrile any of several organic compounds derived chiefly from apricot kernels, used by some unorthodox practitioners to treat cancer 0