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Meaning of PHYSOSTIGMINE

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  used in treatment of Alzheimer's disease and glaucoma
 

PHYSOSTIGMINE is a 13 letter word that starts with P.

 

 See Also: alkaloid, medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Phy`so*stig"mine\, n. (Chem.)
An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of
{Physostigma venenosum}), and extracted as a white,
tasteless, substance, amorphous or crystalline; -- formerly
called {eserine}, with which it was regarded as identical.

 

 

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