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Definition: Physostigmine |
PhysostigmineNoun1. Used in treatment of Alzheimer's disease and glaucoma. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | A cholinesterase inhibitor that is rapidly absorbed through membranes. It can be applied topically to the conjunctiva. It also can cross the blood-brain barrier and is used when central nervous system effects are desired, as in the treatment of severe anticholinergic toxicity. (references) |
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Crosswords: Physostigmine |
| English words defined with "physostigmine": calabar bean, Calabarine ♦ Eserine ♦ ordeal bean. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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physostigmine | 11 |
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| Language | Translations for "physostigmine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 毒扁豆碱. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | physostigmin, eserin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | physostigmine, ésérine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Physostigmin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | fisiostigmina, eserina. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ysostigminephay fisiostigmina, eserina. (various references) fisostigmina, eserina. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "physostigmine": physostigmines. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "physostigmine" (pronounced 'Phy`so*stig"mine'): bromine, Carmine, Foredetermine, illumine, jasmine, Lumine, Menispermine, Primine, Reillumine, Relumine, Stenodermine. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-h-i-i-m-n-o-p-s-s-t-y" | |
-3 letters: epigonisms, hemoptysis, hygienists, hypnotisms, mightiness, misogynies, misogynist, symphonies, symphonist. | |
-4 letters: epigonism, histogens, hygieists, hygienist, hypnotism, impetigos, imposting, mispoints, mistyping, nepotisms, optimises, pimientos, pithiness, poetising, pythoness, shipments, something, songsmith, spinosity, spongiest, stymieing, thymosins. | |
-5 letters: egotisms, emission, emptings, emptying, gimpiest, gnomists, heisting, histogen, histones, hoisting, hominess, hominies, hygeists, hygieist, hymnists, hypnoses, hypnosis, impetigo, impinges, imposing. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-h-i-i-m-n-o-p-s-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: physostigmines. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 68 79 73 6F 73 74 69 67 6D 69 6E 65 |
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