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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ERGOTIN

ERGOTIN Er "go *tin, n. (Med. )

 

Defn: An extract made from ergot.

 

ERGOTINE

ERGOTINE Er "go *tine. (Chem. )

 

Defn: A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the uterus.

 

Duden Dictionary

Ergotin

Er go tin Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Ergot i n |das Ergotin; Genitiv: des Ergotins französisch -neulateinisch früher zur Geburtserleichterung verwendetes Präparat aus dem Mutterkorn; vgl. Ergotren