phy|so|stig|mine

phy|so|stig|mine
phy|so|stig|mine «FY soh STIHG meen, -mihn», noun.
a highly potent, crystalline alkaloid, constituting the active principle of the Calabar bean; eserine. It has various uses in medicine, such as to stimulate the parasympathetic nerves, to contract the pupil of the eye, and to treat myastenia gravis. Formula: C15H21N3O2
[< German Physostigmin < New Latin Physostigma the Calabar bean genus (< Greek phŷsa bladder, bellows + New Latin stigma stigma, part of a pistil of a plant) + German -in -ine2]

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  • Physostigma venenosum — Physostigmine 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Physostigmine — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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