Definition
Relating to or containing embelin, a chemical compound found in certain plants used in traditional medicine.
Etymology
From embelia, a genus of tropical plants, plus the chemical suffix -ic. The plant name itself comes from Arabic origins and entered English through botanical Latin in the 18th century.
Kelly Says
Embelia plants have been used in Ayurvedic medicine for thousands of years, and modern scientists discovered that embelin—the compound this word describes—might help fight cancer cells in laboratory studies, proving that traditional plant knowledge sometimes points to real chemistry.
Translations
ARالعربية
إمبلي
im-beel-ee
BNবাংলা
এমবেলিক
em-beh-lee-k
CACatalà
embelí
em-beh-lee
CSČeština
embelík
em-beh-leek
DADansk
embelisk
em-beh-leesk
DEDeutsch
embelisch
em-bel-ish
ELΕλληνικά
εμβέλι
em-beh-lee
ESEspañol
embélico
em-beh-lee-koh
FAفارسی
امبلیک
em-be-lee-k
FISuomi
embelisk
em-beh-leesk
FRFrançais
embélique
em-beh-lee-k
GUGU
એમબેલિક
a-em-beh-lee-k
HIहिन्दी
एम्बेलिक
em-beh-lee-k
HUMagyar
embelisk
em-beh-leesk
IDBahasa Indonesia
embeli
em-beh-lee
IGIG
embelik
em-beh-lee-k
ITItaliano
embellico
em-beh-lee-koh
KMKM
អម្បេលិក
om-beh-lee-k
MRMR
एम्बेलिक
em-beh-lee-k
MSBahasa Melayu
embeli
em-beh-lee
MYမြန်မာ
အမ်ဘယ်လစ်
a-m-beh-lee-t
NLNederlands
embeliek
em-beh-lee-k
NONorsk
embelisk
em-beh-leesk
PAPA
ਏਮਬੇਲિક
a-em-beh-lee-k
PLPolski
embeli
em-beh-lee
PTPortuguês
embélico
em-beh-lee-koh
RORomână
embelisc
em-beh-leesk
RUРусский
эмбелик
em-beh-lik
SVSvenska
embelisk
em-beh-leesk
SWKiswahili
embeli
em-beh-lee
TAதமிழ்
எம்பெலிக்
em-be-lee-k
TEతెలుగు
ఎంబెలిక్
em-beh-lee-k
THไทย
เอเมอรัลด์
ae-me-rald
TRTürkçe
embeli
em-beh-lee
UKУкраїнська
ембелик
em-beh-lik
VITiếng Việt
embeli
em-beh-lee