NEOSTIGMINE Meaning of NEOSTIGMINE in English [ ˌni:ə(ʊ)'stɪgmi:n ]■ noun Medicine a synthetic compound used to treat ileus, glaucoma, and myasthenia gravis.Origin1940s: from neo- , on the pattern of physostigmine . Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004