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PAPAVERIN

\pˈapɐvəɹˌɪn], \pˈapɐvəɹˌɪn], \p_ˈa_p_ɐ_v_ə_ɹ_ˌɪ_n]\

Definitions of PAPAVERIN

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A white alkaloid from opium; hypnotic.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

An alkaloid found in opium. It acts as a narcotic and soporific, and produces muscular relaxation and subsequent convulsions. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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