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physostigmine

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PHYSOSTIGMINE

PHYSOSTIGMINE Phy `so *stig "mine, n. (Chem. )

Defn: 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.

New American Oxford Dictionary

physostigmine

phy so stig mine |ˌfīsōˈstigˌmēn ˌfaɪsoʊˈstɪɡmin | ▶noun Chemistry a compound that is the active ingredient of the Calabar bean and is used medicinally in eye drops because of its anticholinergic activity. [A tricyclic alkaloid; chem. formula: C 15 H 21 N 3 O 2. ] ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from the modern Latin genus name Physostigma (to which the Calabar bean belongs ) + -ine 4 .

Oxford Dictionary

physostigmine

physostigmine |ˌfʌɪsəʊˈstɪgmiːn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Chemistry a compound which is the active ingredient of the Calabar bean and is used medicinally in eye drops on account of its anticholinesterase activity. ●A tricyclic alkaloid; chem. formula: C 15 H 21 N 3 O 2. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from the modern Latin genus name Physostigma (to which the Calabar bean belongs ) + -ine 4 .