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Physostigmine

Physostigmine Meaning & Definition
Physostigmine Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Physostigmine?

[n] used in treatment of Alzheimer's disease and glaucoma

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See Also | alkaloid | medicament | medication | medicinal drug | medicine

Physostigmine In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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