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physostigmine |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: physostigmine n : used in treatment of Alzheimer's disease and glaucoma
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