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Definition: Nux Vomica |
Nux VomicaNoun1. A medicine made from the seeds of an Asiatic tree; contains strychnine and brucine; formerly used as a stimulant. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Bane | Albany hemp, arsenious oxide, arsenious acid; bichloride of mercury; carbonic acid, carbonic gas; choke damp, corrosive sublimate, fire damp; hydrocyanic acid, cyanide, Prussic acid, hydrogen cyanide; marsh gas, nux vomica, ratsbane. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In homeopathy, Nux-v.—as it is commonly abbreviated— is one of the most commonly prescribed remedies.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Nux vomica."
Crosswords: Nux Vomica |
| English words defined with "nux vomica": brucine ♦ Igasuric, Igasurine ♦ Poison nut ♦ Quaker buttons ♦ Saint Ignatius's bean, strychnine, Strychnos ♦ Tetanic ♦ Vomic nut, Vomit nut. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "nux vomica": Igasurine ♦ Vomicine. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Aboard the "Nux Vomica," alias Anchor Line steamer Utopia, from London for New York / [by] C.G.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
nux vomica | 56 |
de energia nux vomica | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "nux vomica"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | braeknoed. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kraanoog, braaknoot. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | noix vomique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Brechnuss. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κάρυο (nut), εμετικό κάρυο, εμετικό (emetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | א'וז "קיא. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | noce vomica. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | musk-chro. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uxnay omicavay noz-vómica. (various references) nuez vómica. (various references) เมล็"พืชมีพิษ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Strychnos nux vomica. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-m-n-o-u-v-x" | |
-3 letters: anomic, anoxic, axonic, camion, conium, manioc, muonic, vicuna, vomica. | |
-4 letters: amino, amnic, amnio, auxin, avion, axiom, axion, comix, covin, cumin, macon, manic, mavin, miaou, mucin, onium, umiac, uncia, unmix, vinca. | |
-5 letters: amin, axon, cain, ciao, cion, coax, coin, coma, coni, coxa, icon, main, mano, maun, maxi, mica, mina, minx, moan, moxa, muni, muon. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 75 78 56 6F 6D 69 63 61 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01110101 01111000 00100000 01010110 01101111 01101101 01101001 01100011 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N u x   V o m i c a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0075 0078 0056 006F 006D 0069 0063 0061 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4887902568179756967 |
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