STRYCHNIN
\stɹˈɪt͡ʃnɪn], \stɹˈɪtʃnɪn], \s_t_ɹ_ˈɪ_tʃ_n_ɪ_n]\
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By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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An alkaloid, C21H22N2O2, obtained from the seeds of Strychnos nux-vomica, occurring as small, four-sided prisms or rectangular octaedra or as a crystallin powder, having neither color nor odor, but an exceedingly bitter and persistent taste. The nitrate and the sulphate are official in the U. S. Ph., the hydrochlorid in the Br. Ph. S. and its salts enter into a large number of preparations. List of poisons and their antidotes, see in appendix.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.