NEOSTIGMINE


Meaning of NEOSTIGMINE in English

[ ˌni:ə(ʊ)'stɪgmi:n ]

■ noun Medicine a synthetic compound used to treat ileus, glaucoma, and myasthenia gravis.

Origin

1940s: from neo- , on the pattern of physostigmine .

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