Strychnine

['strɪkniːn;-ɪn] or ['strɪknɪnin]

Definition

(noun.) an alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomica; formerly used as a stimulant.

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Definition

(n.) A very poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine, obtained from various species of plants, especially from species of Loganiaceae, as from the seeds of the St. Ignatius bean (Strychnos Ignatia) and from nux vomica. It is obtained as a white crystalline substance, having a very bitter acrid taste, and is employed in medicine (chiefly in the form of the sulphate) as a powerful neurotic stimulant. Called also strychnia, and formerly strychnina.

Typist: Marion

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Strychnia.

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Definition

n. a poisonous alkaloid occurring in crystals intensely bitter colourless and inodorous obtained from the seeds of nux vomica—also Strych′nia.—adj. Strych′nic.—ns. Strych′ninism the condition produced by a poisonous dose of strychnine; Strych′nism the morbid state of the spinal cord produced by strychnine.

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