PHYSOSTIGMINE


Meaning of PHYSOSTIGMINE in English

[phy.so.stig.mine] n [ISV, fr. NL Physostigma, genus of vines that bear the Calabar bean] (1864): a crystalline tasteless alkaloid from the Calabar bean that is used in medicine esp. in the form of its salicylate for its anticholinesterase activity

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