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ammoniaphone

ammoniaphone noun: a 19th-century device for inhaling hydrogen peroxide and free ammonia, believed at that time to improve the quality of the singing and speaking voice.

Noun

ammoniaphone (plural ammoniaphones)

  1. (historical) A 19th-century device for inhaling hydrogen peroxide and free ammonia, believed at that time to improve the quality of the singing and speaking voice.

Forms of ammoniaphone

pluralammoniaphones

Origin of ammoniaphone

From ammonia + -phone.

Questions about ammoniaphone

What does ammoniaphone mean?
Ammoniaphone means a 19th-century device for inhaling hydrogen peroxide and free ammonia, believed at that time to improve the quality of the singing and speaking voice.
What part of speech is ammoniaphone?
Ammoniaphone is a noun.
What is the plural of ammoniaphone?
The plural of ammoniaphone is ammoniaphones.

Words near ammoniaphone in the dictionary

  1. ammonialike
  2. ammonialyase
  3. ammonialyases
  4. ammonian
  5. Ammonians
  6. ammoniaphone
  7. ammoniaphones
  8. ammoniaporin
  9. ammoniaporins
  10. ammonias
  11. ammoniate

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