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eserine

Physostigmine \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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eserine

n. (context chemistry English) physostigmine.

Usage examples of "eserine".

His was an odd look, for one pupil had shrunk almost to a pin-point, swimming in eserine which he wiped away.

She stood there, gazing at him, as he dropped eserine into his right eye.

Arecoline Hydrobromide, a commercial salt, is a stronger stimulant to the salivary glands than Pilocarpine and a more energetic laxative than Eserine.