Usually means: Chemical group derived from pentane.
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  1. amyl, amyl-: Merriam-Webster
  2. amyl: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. amyl, amyl-: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. amyl, amyl-: Collins English Dictionary
  5. amyl: Vocabulary.com
  6. Amyl, amyl: Wordnik
  7. amyl: Wiktionary
  8. amyl, amyl-: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. amyl: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. amyl: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. amyl, amyl-: Dictionary.com
  12. amyl: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Amyl: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Amyl: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. amyl: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. Amyl: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. amyl: FreeDictionary.org
  18. amyl: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. amyl, amyl-: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. amyl: Merriam-Webster

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  1. amyl-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. amyl: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. amyl: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Amyl-: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  4. amyl, amyl(o)-, amyl-: Medical dictionary
  5. Amyl-: Drug Medical Dictionary

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  1. amyl: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (amyl)

noun:  (dated, organic chemistry) Synonym of pentyl
adjective:  Of or pertaining to starch
noun:  (informal) Ellipsis of amyl nitrite. [(pharmacology) A yellowish volatile synthetic liquid C₅H₁₁NO₂ of commercial amyl alcohol and nitrous acid that is used medicinally as a vasodilator. It is rapidly absorbed by the body on inhalation, and is sometimes used recreationally especially as an aphrodisiac.]

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