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pilocarpine
[ pahy-luh-kahr-peen, -pin, pil-uh- ]
noun
- an oil or crystalline alkaloid, C 1 1 H 1 6 N 2 O 2 , obtained from jaborandi, and used chiefly to produce sweating, promote the flow of saliva, contract the pupil of the eye, and for glaucoma.
pilocarpine
/ ˌpaɪləʊˈkɑːpaɪn; ˌpaɪləʊˈkɑːpɪn; -pɪn /
noun
- an alkaloid extracted from the leaves of the jaborandi tree, formerly used to induce sweating. Formula: C 11 H 16 N 2 O 2
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Example Sentences
Other salts of Pilocarpine are not described because used substantially as the above.
In a similar manner, if yet not so intensely, operated saltpeter and coffeine, as also urea and pilocarpine.
One-thirty-second of a grain of muriate of pilocarpine was administered every six hours without the desired sudorific effect.
Lastly, pilocarpine may be thrown into the tissues in sufficient doses to procure its vigorous physiological action.
Muriate of pilocarpine was recommended for this purpose three years ago.
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