Strychnine Definition

strĭknīn, -nĭn, -nēn
noun
A highly poisonous, colorless, crystalline alkaloid, C21H22N2O2, obtained from nux vomica and other similar plants.
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Noun

Singular:
strychnine
Plural:
strychnines

Origin of Strychnine

  • French from New Latin Strychnos genus name from Latin strychnon a kind of nightshade from Greek strukhnon

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Strychnine Sentence Examples

  • Alcohol, strychnine and warmth must also be employed.

  • As in strychnine poisoning, the patient is conscious and clear-minded to the last.

  • A species of Acarus is recorded as infesting a store of powdered strychnine and feeding on that drug, so poisonous to larger organisms. Reference to literature (40).

  • It is very similar to strychnine, both chemically and physiologically.

  • Fraser proved that by substitution of molecules in certain compounds a stimulant could be converted into a sedative action; thus by the addition of the methyl group CH 2 to the molecule of strychnine, thebaine or brucine, the tetanizing action of these drugs is converted into a paralysing action.

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