Meaning of PHYSOSTIGMINE
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| | Definition: | | [n] used in treatment of Alzheimer's disease and glaucoma |
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| | See Also: | | alkaloid, medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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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